1. Great Depression
The use of labor saving machinery in factories and on farms enabled workers to produce more goods faster and less expensively. ... At some points, the American consumer could not buy the goods as fast as they were produced. ... The nations illusion of unending prosperity was shattered on October 24, 1929. ... Also, the plants used up the nutrients in the soil faster than they could be replaced. ... Unemployed young men who joined Hitler's groups were given food, shelter, uniforms and a sense of purpose. ...
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