The document summarizes the key events of the Great Depression from 1929-1939. It describes the stock market crash of 1929, bank closures, high unemployment rates of around 20%, and the Dust Bowl in the early 1930s. President Hoover provided false hope to Americans. Franklin Roosevelt later introduced the New Deal program to restore the economy through projects to improve infrastructure and support wages and working conditions. The global economy was also affected by America's depression, which lasted from the early 1930s into the early 1940s.

1. By Mark Ebaugh and Truc Le
1929-1939

2.  Stock market crash on Black Tuesday, 1929
 Closure of the banks
 High unemployment rates (As high as 20%- one out of
every five people were jobless).
 The dust bowl in the early 1930s, for it caused a shortage
of agricultural produce, as well as making life difficult in
the south.
 Herbert Hoover’s
granting of false hope to
the American people.

3.  People frantically retrieving their money from the banks,
but the banks did not have all the people’s money, called
the Bank Run.
 Large amounts of deflation due to unemployment; the less
people had money, so the worth of every dollar increased
dramatically.
 Increased suicides due to depression.
 Increased national hunger due to job loss.
 National loss of jobs.
 Decrease in commerce and overall welfare.

4.  President Franklin Roosevelt created the New Deal to improve
the economy during the Great Depression.
 Series of programs and experiments to restore prosperity to
America
 Stop people from withdrawing money from the shaky banks
for four days
 Making it legal for Americans to buy beer
 Laborers are able to bargain for higher wages and better
working conditions
 The New Deal brought the Government directly in economic
affairs

5.  The global economy suffered along with America’s, for
America was a very important participant in the commerce
of the world at the time.
 The Great Depression’s timing varied across the world, but
most started around 1930 and lasted until the late
1930s/early 1940s.

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