Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Great Depression (1929 - 1939)

The Causes of Great Depression

  • There were a collapse of land prices
  • The were too many products being made without enough people to buy
  • The farmers had produced too much food, so the prices of the product was low
  • There were too many small banks using Hire Purchase (Credit)
The Results of Great Depression
  • Unemployment. Almost 13 million people were unemployed.
  • Industrial production dropped by 45%
  • House building fell by 80%
  • Starvation
  • 110 deaths during the great depression.
  • The entire American banking system collapsed. At least 5 thousand banks went out of business.
Hoovervilles
poorly built settlements where the people lived in poverty. sarcastically named after the president.

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