HISTORY ESSAY In early September 1927 share prices on the Wall Street stock market began to slip, unlike the last 7 years when they had been constantly rising. ... Then on Tuesday, 29th of October 1929, 16 410 000 shares were traded in the worst day in history of the New York stock market. ... Hoover eventually realised that something had to be done about the Depression, so he set up an organization to help industry. ... He brought hope back to millions of people and helped tho whole nation through the Great Depression. ... By the end of depression it became obvious which presidents polic...

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The Great Depression was caused by a number of things such as the stock market crash of 1929, bank failures and drought conditions. Roosevelt tried to combat the Great Depression through the New Deal. ... Prior to the depression the vast majority of African Americans were republicans but during the depression the vote went from republican to democrat. ... The new deal did not end the Great Depression what ultimately ended it was World War II. What the new deal did accomplish was alleviating the worst aspect of depression by providing more relief with its programs....

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