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The document outlines several key causes of the Great Depression: overproduction led companies to mass produce goods that people stopped buying; the stock market crash caused many investors to lose money as stock values plummeted; installment buying left many unable to pay debts when income declined; bank collapses occurred as banks invested deposits in stocks that crashed, closing banks and making deposits inaccessible; agricultural failures and laissez-faire government policies further exacerbated the economic downturn, leading to mass unemployment in the 1930s.
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Thegreatdepression
The document summarizes several key causes of the Great Depression:
1) Under consumption and overproduction led companies to mass produce goods that people stopped buying, leaving companies with unsold inventory.
2) The stock market crash caused many people who invested all their money in stocks to lose most or all of their savings when stock prices plummeted.
3) Installment buying for items like cars left many Americans unable to pay off debts when they lost income in the Depression.
4) Banks collapsed when they unknowingly invested customers' savings in the stock market, leaving people unable to access their funds.
The Great Depression
The document summarizes several key causes of the Great Depression: overproduction led companies to mass produce goods that people could no longer afford, the stock market crash caused widespread losses as people and banks had invested heavily in stocks, installment buying left many Americans in debt when people lost their jobs, and banks collapsed when they had invested customers' savings in the stock market which plummeted in value.
The Great Depression
The document summarizes several key causes of the Great Depression: overproduction led companies to mass produce goods that people could no longer afford, the stock market crash caused widespread losses as people and banks had invested heavily in stocks, installment buying left many Americans in debt when people lost their jobs, and banks collapsed when they invested deposits in the stock market which plummeted in value.
Thegreatdepression
The document summarizes several key causes of the Great Depression: overproduction led companies to mass produce goods that people could no longer afford, the stock market crash caused widespread losses as people and banks had invested heavily in stocks, installment buying left many Americans in debt when people lost their jobs, and banks collapsed when they had invested customers' savings in the stock market which plummeted in value.
Thegreatdepression
The document summarizes several key causes of the Great Depression: overproduction led companies to mass produce goods that people could no longer afford, the stock market crash caused widespread losses as people and banks had invested heavily in stocks, installment buying left many Americans in debt when people lost their jobs, and banks collapsed when they had invested customers' savings in the stock market which plummeted in value.
Thegreatdepression
The document summarizes several key causes of the Great Depression: overproduction led companies to mass produce goods that people could no longer afford, the stock market crash caused widespread losses as people's investments became worthless, installment buying left many in debt when incomes declined, and banks collapsed when they unknowingly invested deposits in the crashed stock market, wiping out savings.
Thegreatdepression
The document summarizes several key causes of the Great Depression: overproduction led companies to mass produce goods that people could no longer afford, the stock market crash caused widespread losses as people and banks had invested heavily in stocks, installment buying left many Americans in debt when people lost their jobs, and banks collapsed when they had invested customers' savings in the stock market which plummeted in value.
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The document discusses several causes of the Great Depression:
1) Overproduction led to surpluses as supply outpaced demand. Declining prices hurt profits and the stock market.
2) Loose banking policies and the Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes contributed to easy credit and speculation that left the system vulnerable.
3) The stock market crash exposed underlying economic weaknesses as banks collapsed and credit dried up, deepening the downturn.
Herbert Hoover believed in non-intervention and voluntary cooperation between government and business. However, his largely hands-off approach was insufficient and some policies, like signing the Smoot-Hawley Tariff, made the situation worse before Franklin Roosevelt's more active interventions took over
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The document summarizes several key causes of the Great Depression:
1) Under consumption and overproduction led companies to mass produce goods that people stopped buying, leaving companies with unsold inventory.
2) The stock market crash caused many people who invested all their money in stocks to lose most or all of their savings when stock prices plummeted.
3) Installment buying for items like cars left many Americans unable to pay off debts when they lost income in the Depression.
4) Banks collapsed when they unknowingly invested customers' savings in the stock market, leaving people unable to access their funds.
The Great Depression
The document summarizes several key causes of the Great Depression: overproduction led companies to mass produce goods that people could no longer afford, the stock market crash caused widespread losses as people and banks had invested heavily in stocks, installment buying left many Americans in debt when people lost their jobs, and banks collapsed when they had invested customers' savings in the stock market which plummeted in value.
The Great Depression
The document summarizes several key causes of the Great Depression: overproduction led companies to mass produce goods that people could no longer afford, the stock market crash caused widespread losses as people and banks had invested heavily in stocks, installment buying left many Americans in debt when people lost their jobs, and banks collapsed when they invested deposits in the stock market which plummeted in value.
Thegreatdepression
The document summarizes several key causes of the Great Depression: overproduction led companies to mass produce goods that people could no longer afford, the stock market crash caused widespread losses as people and banks had invested heavily in stocks, installment buying left many Americans in debt when people lost their jobs, and banks collapsed when they had invested customers' savings in the stock market which plummeted in value.
Thegreatdepression
The document summarizes several key causes of the Great Depression: overproduction led companies to mass produce goods that people could no longer afford, the stock market crash caused widespread losses as people and banks had invested heavily in stocks, installment buying left many Americans in debt when people lost their jobs, and banks collapsed when they had invested customers' savings in the stock market which plummeted in value.
Thegreatdepression
The document summarizes several key causes of the Great Depression: overproduction led companies to mass produce goods that people could no longer afford, the stock market crash caused widespread losses as people's investments became worthless, installment buying left many in debt when incomes declined, and banks collapsed when they unknowingly invested deposits in the crashed stock market, wiping out savings.
Thegreatdepression
The document summarizes several key causes of the Great Depression: overproduction led companies to mass produce goods that people could no longer afford, the stock market crash caused widespread losses as people and banks had invested heavily in stocks, installment buying left many Americans in debt when people lost their jobs, and banks collapsed when they had invested customers' savings in the stock market which plummeted in value.
01_Causes of Great Depression
The document discusses several causes of the Great Depression:
1) Overproduction led to surpluses as supply outpaced demand. Declining prices hurt profits and the stock market.
2) Loose banking policies and the Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes contributed to easy credit and speculation that left the system vulnerable.
3) The stock market crash exposed underlying economic weaknesses as banks collapsed and credit dried up, deepening the downturn.
Herbert Hoover believed in non-intervention and voluntary cooperation between government and business. However, his largely hands-off approach was insufficient and some policies, like signing the Smoot-Hawley Tariff, made the situation worse before Franklin Roosevelt's more active interventions took over
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The document summarizes the events leading up to the Great Depression in the United States. It explains that while the American economy was booming in the 1920s, European economies were struggling. As Europeans stopped buying American goods to fix their own economies, American companies had surpluses. This led to a decline in stock prices as owners sold stocks. Banks then demanded payment on stock loans but many people could not pay. On October 29, 1929, known as Black Tuesday, widespread panic selling on the stock market caused prices to crash, marking the beginning of the Great Depression.
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2) In agriculture, farming income declined sharply after WWI as demand fell, and many farmers took on debt and lost their farms in the 1920s recession.
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The document provides information about the causes and impact of the Great Depression in the United States between 1929-1940. It discusses several key factors that led to the Depression, including depressed farms and industry, unequal wealth distribution, tight monetary policy, and declining foreign trade. The stock market crash of 1929 is described as further exacerbating economic weaknesses. The summary describes the human toll of widespread unemployment and poverty, including the formation of shantytowns nicknamed "Hoovervilles." The emotional toll on Americans is also discussed.
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The document summarizes the economic factors that led to the Great Depression in the United States. It describes how stock market speculation and easy credit contributed to the 1929 stock market crash. This crash had widespread effects, ruining individual investors, damaging banks, and reducing consumer spending and business activity. As unemployment rose and banks and farms failed, the US economy plunged into the Great Depression, the worst economic downturn in its history. Millions lost their jobs and savings in this human and economic crisis.
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The document discusses the history of mobsters in the 1920s. Mobsters engaged in illegal activities like bootlegging alcohol during Prohibition and being paid killers. One of the most famous was Al Capone, who rose to notoriety through bank robberies, auto theft, and selling illegal booze. Mobsters like Baby Face Nelson and Al Capone made a lot of money through criminal acts and became role models for their lavish lifestyles, though most ended up in prison or were wanted by the FBI. Their criminal fame influenced others to believe becoming a mobster was an easy way to wealth.
Mobstersmic
The document discusses the history of mobsters in the 1920s. Mobsters engaged in illegal activities like bootlegging alcohol during Prohibition and being paid killers. One of the most famous was Al Capone, who rose to prominence through bank robberies, auto theft, and selling illegal booze. Mobsters like Baby Face Nelson and Al Capone became wealthy but gained notoriety through their ruthless criminal behavior and later faced imprisonment, as law enforcement increasingly cracked down on organized crime. In their heyday, some mobsters were even seen as folk heroes by some for targeting banks and destroying mortgage records during the Great Depression.
Lindberghbaby
Charles Lindbergh Jr., the 20-month old son of famous aviator Charles Lindbergh, was abducted from his home in 1932. A ransom note was left at the scene and a payment was made, but the toddler's body was later found about 4.5 miles away, with skull fractures and missing body parts. Bruno Richard Hauptmann was eventually arrested and convicted of the crime after a widely publicized trial. In response to the case, the U.S. Congress passed the Federal Kidnapping Act making transporting a kidnapping victim across state lines a federal crime.
Lindberghbaby
Charles Lindbergh Jr., the 20-month old son of famous aviator Charles Lindbergh, was abducted from his home in 1932. A ransom note was left at the scene and a payment was made, but the toddler's body was later found about 4.5 miles away, with skull fractures and missing body parts. Bruno Richard Hauptmann was eventually arrested and convicted of the crime after a widely publicized trial. The Lindbergh kidnapping led Congress to pass the Federal Kidnapping Act, making transporting a kidnapping victim across state lines a federal crime.
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- 1. The 1920’s and Great Depression Project By Elisabeth Balistreri
- 2. Causes of the Great Depression • Under consumption/ over production • Stock market crash • Installment buying • Banking collapse • Speculation in the stock market • Agricultural failure • Laissez-Faire government policy • Increase in unemployment
- 3. How under consumption/over production contributed to the Great Depression • Sales were up so high that companies would mass produce. Then people started to stop buying their products. Most companies would just keep producing thinking that it was just a phase and sales would rise soon, but when they did they couldn’t sell all of the things they had produced.
- 4. How the stock market crash contributed to the great depression • Many people had almost all of their money in the stock market. When people began to lose faith in the stock market and pull out their money the value of stocks would fall dramatically. The people that still had their money in the stock market lost a lot of money. When they tried to pull out their money they couldn’t sell their stock for much if any money at all.
- 5. How installment buying contributed the great depression • Many Americans bought things like cars and bigger items through installment buying. When the great depression began and they no longer had money to spare they couldn’t pay off their installment buying debt.
- 6. How the banking collapse contributed to the Great Depression • People who did not invest their money in the stock market put their money into banks. Without the consent of the people who owned the money, the banks would invest their money in the stock market. When those people needed some extra money and came to the bank, the bank was closed and their money practically disappeared into thin air since it was in the stock market when it crashed.
- 7. Why is this relevant to the great depression • This is the causes of the great depression so it is relevant to the great depression.