The most significant event in the 1930's was the Great Depression. ... The Great Depression of the 1930's had many devastating impacts upon the lives of Canadians because it caused massive unemployment, slowed the Canadian economy, ravaged the prairies, and it challenged Canadian politicians. The Great Depression caused massive unemployment throughout Canada and it devastated the lives of those who were out of work ("The Great Depression," 2008). The start of the Great Depression was triggered by the stock market crash on October 29, 1929. ... During the Great Depression of t...

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When one thinks of The Great Depression, they would think of millions of people depressed. ... The K.H.S. history book by McDougal Littell agrees with this definition of the Great Depression by stating that there were countless causes to this great event that grasped the entire world. ... But probably the most crucial cause of the Great Depression was the substantial unequal distribution of wealth. ... President Hoover could not cope with the sheer madness of The Great Depression. ... According to Jim Powelt, author of "Prosperity, Depression, and War", President Roosevelt's New De...

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Given the importance of the Great Depression, economists do not completely agree on what caused it. Many countries, including Canada, were caught in the great depression. ... The Great Depression was surely depressing moment in a slew of people's everyday lives. ... There are some fantastic facts about the great depression. ... Ironically though, the Hoover dam was built during the great depression creating tons of jobs. ...

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The 1930's were a decade of great change politically, economically, and socially. The Great Depression wore raw the nerves of the people, and our true strength was shown. ... The Great Depression had an immense impact on American life. ... The issue of the Great Depression relates to both of these two works by Steinbeck. ... Elected in the late 20's before the stock market crash, he ineffectively dealt with the problems of the onset of the Great Depression. ...

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The Great Depression was a severe economic downfall, starting in 1929 and lasted until about the late 1930's or early 1940's. The Great Depression was the longest and most widespread depression of the 20th century. ... Another major factor of the cause of the Great Depression was bank failures. ... The major decline in industries also greatly contributed to the Great Depression. ... "The Great Depression would ...

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The great depression of the US not only affected people domestically, but internationally as well. ... The most influential event in world history after the 1900's is the great depression because of the decline in international commerce and stock markets around the world, the rise of Hitler, and Franklin D. ... The crash of the Stock Market led to the Great Depression. ... The Dust Bowl of North America refers to a catastrophe in the early 1930's when vast areas of the Midwestern and Western farmlands of America became wastelands. ... From 1925 to 1930 Hitler built a network of local...

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To a great extent, the experience of Britain in the 1930's is captured with the phrase "Devils Decade". ... This in itself did not cause the depression. ... In the 1930's new industries developed. ... With the depression came unemployment benefit. ... So along with unemployment, poverty, hunger, depression and bad health there were also political reasons to remember the 1930's as a "devils decade". ...

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The decade of the 1930s can be defined in two parts: The Great Depression, and the restoration of the American economy. ... Paradoxically, the entertainment industry took off at rapid rates during the Depression. ... The most popular film star of the 1930's was Shirley Temple. ... These stars represented fantasy lives for the average American in the throes of the Depression. ... But the Depression brought on the invention of a new art form: the comic book and the superhero. ...

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The novel tells of a family known as the Joads migration west to california through the great economic depression of the 1930's. ... One of the biggest problems faced is the fact that the great depression is in its prime. After reading this novel I was able to tell that the great depression is the main cause and sound basis for the novel. The government started playing a major role in agriculture during and after the Great Depression of the 1930's. ... One could say that the depression that started was like a catastrophe of unprecedented dimension f...

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The novel tells of a family known as the Joads migration west to california through the great economic depression of the 1930's. ... One of the biggest problems faced is the fact that the great depression is in its prime. After reading this novel I was able to tell that the great depression is the main cause and sound basis for the novel. The government started playing a major role in agriculture during and after the Great Depression of the 1930's. ... One could say that the depression that started was like a catastrophe of unprecedented dimension f...

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The Great Depression and the Treaty of Versailles proved to weaken the once world super power immensely. ... The Weimar Republic could not deal with the social and political problems that the Great Depression heightened. ... There were many consequences of the Great Depression. ... The Great Depression cannot be held accountable for the creation of the Nazis. ... The Great Depression began in the United States but spread quite quickly. ...

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This led to an even great overproduction of goods such as weapons and war goods for World War I. ... This was a huge distraction to most political leaders and could have contributed to the rise of Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party in the 1930's because Germany was in desperate need of a cure for their depression. ... However monetary policy became deceptive in 1930 through 1932. ... Or, High interest rates to slow down development of the economy during a depression? ... The big crash caused the Great Depression and made the lives of millions of United States citizens miserable. ...

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The Stock Market Crash of the 1930's In the 1920's many people invested in the stock market. ... Although it shared the basic characteristics of other such depressions, the Great Depression was unprecedented in its length and in the poverty and tragedy it inflicted on the society. ... The economic agricultural and relief policies of the administration under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt did a great deal to alleviate the effect of the depression and most important to restore a sense of confidence the American people. ... The 1930 was one of the hardest times for everyone in th...

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The family spend summers in Michigan, were Ernest became a great lover of the outdoors. ... Key West was a laid-back place and Ernest spent a great deal of time deep-sea fishing with friends. ... Besides high blood pressure, he was treated for depression at the Mayo Clinic. ... In 1930, Mondrian showed with Cercle et Carré and in 1931 joined Abstraction-Création. ... This was the Great Depression and it hit its peak in 1932. ...

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And because it marks the death of a marriage, divorce also evokes emotions similar to those, which a person feels when a loved one dies -- anger, guilt, sadness, depression or fear of being alone. ... In times of prosperity, the divorce rate tends to go up; in times of economic depression, it drops. During the Great Depression of 1930's, the rate of divorce declined for all classes in American society. ...

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The Golden Era: Factors which shaped the Hollywood System between 1930 and 1950. With this essay I aim to highlight the factors which shaped the Hollywood system between the years 1930 to 1950. ... The coming of sound in 1927, and the knawing effects of the Great Depression of 1929, threw the American film industry into a slump, which, had it not been for the financial backing of wealthy New York banks, and the intervention of President Roosevelt, may well have sunk, or, at least, seriously set back the industry irretrievably. ... With attendance's falling as a result of the depr...

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The political and economic chaos of the 1920's and the 1930's joined forces with German culture that enabled Hitler to rise to power. ... Heroes such as those, inspired Germans including Hitler, to think of themselves as larger than life and capable of bringing great glory to Germany through both life and death (Thomas, Landry, Bruch, Richard Wagner on the Web). ... Great warriors like Frederick III inspired the creation of 18th and 19th century Prussia, laying the roots of 20th century Germany. ... Hitler had answers for them He promised to restore order and greatness. ... Dismayed ...

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The Great Depression in the 1930's had the states unemployment rate at 37%. ... The Great Depression of the 1930's left a vast majority of the country economically unstable but the demand for materials during the war helped revamp the economy. ... Pennsylvania has a number of great museum like Carnegie in Pittsburgh and The Philadelphia Museum of Art. ... There are many great aspects of this state that continue to draw in revenue as well new residents. ...

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Some critics feel that Auden's first books, Poems (1930) and The Orators, an English Study (1932), contain some of his finest work. ... During the time period that this poem was written, in the late 1930's, The United States was going through tremendous social, political and economic change. Following the passing of Black Monday and at the onset of The Great Depression, many Americans held negative opinions of their government and the many positive aspects that once drew citizens to the United States were becoming increasingly negative. The Great Depression fundamentally changed the ...

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The Wall Street Crash of 1929 led to the Depression. ... Economically, Germany was the worst hit country in the world during the Great Depression. ... By the 1930 elections, this figure had risen to 25.8%. ... In 1930, Hitler lost the election to von Hindenburg but established himself and the National Socialists as a credible alternative. ...

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The government had no power and so the Great Depression had started. ... On September 14, 1930, the Nazis were elected into the German Reichstag, the second largest party in Germany. ... After only meeting Hitler twice, Goebbels wrote in his diary, "Great Joy. ... During the world wide Depression, it was the people of Germany's responsibility to choose a leader by participating in the voting process. ... However, many Americans are feeling that same frustration after the September 11th attack, that the German's felt during the Depression. ...

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This movement, including the further growth between 1920 and 1930, is referred to as the "Great Migration."Blacks left the South in astonishing numbers for many reasons: depression in the agricultural southern economy; the World War I industrial boom in the North; growing oppression in the South. ... They were also pushed out of the South by a severe depression that took place between 1914 and 1915, forcing black farmers to lose their lands and their jobs. ... Harlem is indeed the great Mecca for the sight-seer, the pleasure-seeker, the curious, the adventurous, the enterprising, the ambitio...

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Critical Essay on "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee "To Kill a Mockingbird" is a fictional story set in a small Southern town, Maycomb, in the early 1930. ... In the 1930, actual events that were happening in the country included the Great Depression. The Great Depression was the combination of the unequal distribution of wealth throughout the 1920's, and the stock market speculation that took place during the latter part that same decade. ... These market crashes, combined with the unequal distribution of wealth, caused the Great Depression. A theme that is affecting the ...

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This project will show poor family conditions during The Great Depression. ... This project intends to explain the lifestyle for people in the 1930's. ... Bonnie and Clyde were well-known American Outlaws during the 1930's. ... His crime eventually caught up with him in April of 1930. ... Conclusion The death of Bonnie and Clyde proved to be a beginning of the end of what is considered the "public enemy era" of the 1930's. ...

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The Harlem Renaissance took place during the 1920's and 1930's. ... Unfortunately, he watched Harlem decline with the beginning of the Great Depression. ... The Great Depression marked the end of the Harlem Renaissance. Thousands of people were out of their jobs; it was a sad and dangerous place to live, after the depression. The impact of the "Great Depression" upon African-Americans was devastating. ...

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