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The Great Depression

An economic recession that began on October 29, 1929, following the crash of the U.S. stock market that led to economic and political unrest.

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Why did President Hoover responded cautiously to the Great Depression?

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He thought the business cycle would correct itself.

Who was president during world world 2 and the great depression?

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  1. Herbert Hoover was president when the great depression began.
  2. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was president through the rest of the great depression and most of World War 2.
  3. Harry Truman was president during the final part of World War 2.

Why did the Congress pass the Hawley-Smoot Tariff?

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to protect prices on american goods

Why did members of the American Liberty League oppose the New Deal?

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they believed it made government too powerful

What were some of the greatest accomplishments of the New Deal?

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The relationship between the national government and the people changed drastically as a result of the New Deal. The government took on a greater role in the everyday social and economic lives of the people. FDR's fireside chats gave the population hope that things would improve. While many criticised the New Deal measures, a few acts stood out and were supported, eventually, even by most all critics. Social Security, the CCC, the TVA, and the RFC proved to be beneficial.

Why did many Italians support Mussolini during the great depression?

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They welcomed him cause he set up a dictatorship weary of strikes and riots

How did people see racism during the depression?

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people saw racism go from bad to worse during the depression blacks and people fro other ethnic groups within society suffer to the extremes because whatever little help there was out there it was definitely not given to them they were the first to get fired from jobs and were often in the lower social classes so were the last to get help. they were also still treated bad by the whites in society so things did not get better for them.

Why is the great depression important?

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History caused businesses houses to close down of not allow employment, factories shut down an banks failed,farms income fell down to 50 percent and by 1932 approximately were unemployed.

How much did a movie ticket cost during the Great Depression?

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When it first opened, the Warner Theatre charged $0.25 for a matinee ticket, $0.40 for an evening ticket, and $0.15 for children. Except for the price of kids' tickets dropping permanently to $0.10 a little later on, this pricing scheme was to remain fairly constant throughout the entire Depression.

What film told the plight of a poor mountain family during the days of the Depression?

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A number of films dealt with this topic, hardly entertaining. the obvious answer is The Grapes of Wrath, which starred Henry Fonda. There was also a picture called Spencer"s Mountain which also featured Mr. Fonda and was believed to have been the prototype of(the Waltons) That"s the serious side. It may be argued that The Beverly Hillbillies was a comedic take-off on (grapes) and many kids in my High School English class saw the obvious paralells. (Jed and Joad) Beat up truck, mixture of old timers(Grannie) and young"Uns and California migration- Beverly Hillbilllies was in a sense a (Tragedy Inversion) of a very grave novel. ( Grannie died in Grapes, e.g.)

Who was a famous Chippewa Indian?

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Miranda Washinawatok, a Menominee girl and seventh grader at Sacred Heart Catholic Academy in Shawano, Wisconsin, has become an extremely famous person in the past few months (February to May 2012). Her story has appeared in newspapers and media reports around the world and a huge petition has been signed by people inside the USA and in many other countries.

See link below for her story:

What is the cost of goods and services in New Zealand during the great depression?

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New Zealand suffered during the Great Depression because the New Zealand economy relies largely on exports. During the depression there was no demand for any of the products we have to export, and therefore there was no circulation of money.

How did the art and Literature of the Depression differ from the movie and radio productions of the time?

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Writers and artists captured the effects of the Great Depression by portraying the people. Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath is a stark picture of a family of 'Okies' moving to California.

Who was a famous black singer during the Great depression?

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jesse jackson, queen latifa, oprah, ray charles, and stevie wonder

Who promise A chicken in every pot after the great depression?

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This was in a 1928 Republican National Committee advertisement supporting Herbert Hoover. They were not saying Hoover would provide the chicken, but that he would continue the policies of the previous Republican administration which had lead the nation back to prosperity and "put a chicken in every pot, and a car in every backyard, to boot."

WHAT was the unemployment rate during the great depression for African Americans?

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The Depression did have some sort of effect on the African Americans, but not as much as the White people.

During the Great Depression, the African Americans explored more in the arts and literature part of life. They introduced a new type of music to the world... Jazz. They had been somewhat succesful during this time.

How did the Great Depression affect Singapore?

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è Singapore depended largely on entrepot trade for its growth

è With lack of trading activities, companies in Singapore had much less trade and profit than before due to international drop in demand for tin and rubber

è Companies had to cut costs by retrenching workers to prevent suffering from incurring more losses

è Many rich merchants who invested in overseas trade also lost their wealth or became bankrupt

è There was widespread unemployment, hardship and poverty

è Many shops left empty for many months, nobody wanted to rent them to incur more losses

è Due to limited jobs available, hundreds of people would apply for vacant jobs.

è By 1931, 1/3 of the population was out of job

è Those able to keep their jobs, government passed a law in 1930 to either restrict and reduce immigrants entering Singapore, esp unskilled Chinese laborers or reduce pay of remaining workers

è When immigrants no longer able to earn money, they will return to their homeland, government had extra burden, because they had to arrange for them to return home

è Government had to use tax payers money of Singaporeans to send them back home