History of the United States

Most higher-paying jobs in the cities required a formal education.

Banks were taking major financial risks, including investing in stocks and bonds. At that time, there were few limits, and fewer regulations, to require banks to be cautious or to protect their customers' money. When the stock market crashed in 1929, many of the banks that had not set aside enough capital to cover their losses in case of an emergency found themselves out of money and had to close; their customers, who in most cases had no idea the banks were making risky investments, also lost everything.

The Great Plains were the area affected by the loss of agricultural land in the 1930s.

phonograph records and the radio

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Bootleggers sold illegal alcohol to consumers and helped to bypass the laws.

the war left behind destruction and bitterness in those nations

They decreased.

replacing natural grasses to plant winter wheat led to topsoil erosion.

He used force to remove protesters

businesses and individuals would work together t o end the crisis

businesses lowered wages and farmers increased production

the government should allow the depression to progress naturally

There was a decrease in Alcoholism, but an increase in organized crime.

Prohibition did not remove the demand for Alcoholic Beverages, so it encouraged bootlegging and illegal speakeasies. Much of the profit went to criminal organizations.