The most significant event in the 1930's was the Great Depression. ... 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. ... The Great Depression devastated many businesses in Canada as well as impacted foreign trade. ... Therefore, dependence on foreign trade of wheat contributed to Canada's main cause of the Great Depression. ...

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This event was known as The Great Depression. ... The Dust Bowl worsened the negative impact that the Great Depression gave away to the farmers. ... But the Dust Bowl added to the Great Depression was just a huge disaster for the farmers. ... As new programs continued to be created, the farmers began to recover from the problems that came from the Great Depression. The Great Depression affected many individuals who suffered because of all the hardships that came with the depression. ...

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The most significant event in the 1930's was the Great Depression. ... The Great Depression affected countries around the world, but few were impacted as severely as Canada. ... The start of the Great Depression was triggered by the stock market crash on October 29, 1929. ... The Great Depression devastated many businesses in Canada as well as impacted foreign trade. ... Therefore, dependence on foreign trade of wheat contributed to Canada's main cause of the Great Depression. ...

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The Grapes of Wrath: A True Depiction of a Terrible Depression The Great Depression and the Dust Bowl of the 1930's drove many farmers west in search for jobs and put many others on the streets. ... Ironically, man beat himself at his own game when what seemed to be a time of prosper and when nothing could go wrong actually aided in bringing on the Great Depression (Samuelson 2). ... Right along side of the Great Depression the Dust Bowl struck with full force. ... But not everyone was directly affected by the Great Depression. ... Typically, before the Great Depression women mainl...

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"Growing Up" by Russell Baker One of the most critical economic periods in the United States history was the Great Depression, which occurred in between the two world wars. A majority of the U.S. citizens did not know much about the Depression. ... The Great Depression brought hard times for many families. The size of your family meant a great deal to the survival of it through this drastic time. ... This was unfamiliar to Russell but he had great pride in his uncle because of what he made himself. ...

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The Great Depression is something our nation as well as the rest of the world will likely never forget. ... The Great Depression affected not only the stock market and banks but also had an effect on almost every citizen's personal bank account, all of which tend to have a domino effect on one another. ... "Having captured the plight of Midwestern farmers who were forced to flee the Dust Bowl and move west in search of work, the picture became the iconic image of the Great Depression.... Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lange truly captured the essence of the Great Depression. ... This doc...

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He made a significant impact on Canada by creating many social programs and policies, getting the country out of the great depression, and by making Canada known as a more independent country. ... Mackenzie King, along with Canada's government, helped get the country out of the Great Depression. ... Along with the war, Mackenzie King helped put the Great Depression in the past by creating social programs and focusing on the war. ... King was not Prime Minister during parts of the Great Depression, but when he rose back into power he blamed Bennett for not being able to deal with the dep...

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Through her personal views of the great depression, and the era, Lange endeavored to show the struggle and resilience of people enduring the events of the time. ... Dorothea Lange captured life with a camera; she wanted to depict the essence of suffering and enduring, to society during the era of the Great Depression. ... Social Realism was the art movement in which she was part of during the Great Depression from 1930 to 1940. ... Works such as the compelling Migrant Mother (1936) became a symbol of the Great Depression. ... Lange's photographs played a critical role in showing Americans...

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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. ... Beside the regional depression and poverty, there was growth and prosperity. With the depression came unemployment benefit. ... One of the worst things to come out of the depression was the large class divide. ...

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