Where did all the money go during the Great Depression?

There was no insurance. That's why their depositors lost all their money. This was the motivation for the establishment of the FDIC.

Everyone wanted money so the bank loaned all of its money and the bank could not give money back to those who deposited it

all the people didnt have money they were selling their own items for money so they could get food they rarely got food

Banks did not have enough money to pay all withdrawing depositors, so they shut down.

the people who lost all their money

There was food during the Great Depression. Distribution systems were impaired or broken and many people had much less money than before and so found it hard to afford to buy all the food they needed as well as pay for necessary clothing, housing, etc.

they were all Jews

All of the banks.

Not very people at all jumped off of skyscrapers during the Great Depression. Building new skyscrapers were put on hold after the Great Depression but no because people were jumping off of them.

During the Great Depression in the USA, all types of business failures were commonplace. As banks failed, so did there business clients. Overall every industry was was adversely affected by that depression.

people lost their jobs because of stock market crash. everyone bought stocks before but after the great depression the stocks crashed and people lost all of their interst. many had bought so many stocks that all of their savings were gone as well.

well see there was not very many deaths in the great depression but in count there was 89 all together

This was done by borrowing and printing money, and hiring people to do all sorts of public works projects. Roads, bridges, parks, and all sorts of other things were built. This did not end the Depression, though. WW2 ended the Depression.

The family life during the Great Depression wasn't all that close and when we say that we mean that they werent always together and when a family member died during the Great Depression they had to keep on walking and leave their dead bodies behind.

all immigration was stopped during the economic crisis

they really couldn't do much during the great depression because they were all being held hostage by Michael Jackson's ancestors!

I think that the game of Monopoly was popular during the great depression because in Monopoly, you take chances, just like you do in life, and taking the chance of investing all your money in stock was the risk many Americans took. It was also popular because people wanted to have a distraction and a fantasy place to get away from all their debt and be rich.

They commit suicide after realizing that their money is all gone!

1. the great depression started when the US stock market crash. This meant that the stock market was bankrupt. 2. when people say this, they went into a panic and ran to the bank to get their money. But the banks did not have this money (loaning out and such) so they had to closer there doors. they could not lend out money to buisnesses, and everyone who did not RUSH to the bank was…

25% for all of 1933

i think it was awful of all the things i read

Suicide, nobody wanted to live then People were poor losing all there money. So they took the easy way out

Prime Minister Bennett helped lots of people during the Great Depression. When people wrote him letters asking of his help, he sent them the things they asked for things like money, clothes and even bicycles. He gave people money from his own wallet. It's possible all of his donations added up to 20 millions dollars.

unemployment, lose of money=stock market ,and no food

No war at all. he was the president during the Great depression.

Yes it did many people lost all their money cause they saved it in banks

unemployment money losses bank lost all there money people lost there homes; lived in hooverville

Now we have the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) to protect any money we have in banks, and to also protect the banks. There was no such protection at the beginning of the great depression, people panicked and withdrew ALL their money from all the banks, and therefore the banks collapsed.

A few. Some people would kill themselves because all of there money was invested in stocks. The depression did not increase violence or crimes. It actually Decreased it, because all the criminals would sell any of there weapons for spare change.

All of the people were effected by the great depression because they were part of it. The poor people were mostly affected because they had no money or anything to eat or to go home to. The wealthy were only effected a little because they lost little money.

That's part of the point of a Depression. No one had "emergency money", or very few people. Banks of which there were literally hundreds at the time shut down as people withdrew all their (cash) money.

thay all died like peter griffen

The Great Depression affected all the Americans.

well the stock market began to to crash in 1929 which overlaped all of the forclosers

All too well, in my opinion. Well, the stinkers anyway. The great films deserve all the cold hard cash they get. The Great Depression is happening all over again. And during the great depression, people spent all day in a theatre to distract themselves from the hell happening out there....

Germany was in a really ad great depression because they had to pay reparations for WW1. They were already in debt but WW1 dropped them so bad. Germany was a country that was heavily injured and many countries were part of the great depression. France because lots of fighting took place and left them in an undesirable condition. Hoped i helped. all of the world was affected by the great depression. So... all of the…

well first of all I think it doesnt concern any of your business

They didn't have enough cash to pay for all the necessities of life.

Almost all of the nations all around the world were hit by the Great Depression although the name "Great Depression" usually refers to the USA.

wealthy people became rich in the great depression by collecting all the cheese from around the twon to sell to the peasents at a high price. wealthy people became rich in the great depression by collecting all the cheese from around the twon to sell to the peasents at a high price. wealthy people became rich in the great depression by collecting all the cheese from around the twon to sell to the peasents at…

the first great depression struck that was when all the banks stopped producing silver pieces the people could not buy land with paper money anymore they had to use silver

the great depression was a sad time for all Americans. the dust bowl was just another problem and caused hunger in many cases. it also caused poverty.

Terrible. The Great Depression was happening during the Holocaust. ___ No. The economies of most countries were booming at the time. After all, there was a major war going on ...

they killed themselves beacuse withouut the money how would they support their family and tell their wife that they lost all the money they had in the bank

During the Great Depression in the US, almost all businesses were hurt by this serious economic downturn. This included US auto manufacturers. With unemployment rates near 25%, car sales were hit hard, and as with other industries there were layoffs of workers.

CCC TVA Social Security WPA All of those things are acronyms created by FDR's administration to help the economy and create jobs during the depression until the U.S. came out of the depression at the start of production for World War Two.

well the Australian government helped the poor and rich and gave them a roof to live inder. banks all ran out of money that is why these days we have shares and we can borrow other peoples money and then pay them back, they didnt have that in those days. you spent only what you earnt. the Aussie government has imporved the living condition and hence we will not have another great depression. wooh hoo…

Sears, Roebuck & Co. Even though it was in the Great Depression they understood that people needed to be insured. They wanted to look out for all of us. Just like their slogan, the people during the Great Depression were "In good hands".

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The Great Depression affected many people all over the world.