"The key to economic prosperity," a General Motors executive declared in 1929, "is the organized creation of dissatisfaction." ... Thus, in 1929, the top 0.1 percent of American families had an aggregate income equal to that of the bottom 42 percent. ... That day came in 1929. ... In the fall of 1929 confidence that prices would keep raising faltered, then failed. ... The Great Depression came to an end with the starting of World War II. ...

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In the late 1920's and early 1930's, the United States went through a breakdown, sparked by the stock market crash in 1929, in their economic prosperity that they had experienced in the early 1920's as the United States fell into the worst depression in it's history. ... This depression continued throughout the 1930's, shaking the foundations of Western capitalism. ... Roosevelt's New Deal did not greatly improve the United States" depression. ... The difference between today and the 1929 stock market crash was simply what Roosevelt told the people in his speech...

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This event was known as The Great Depression. The depression was caused by the stock market crash that occurred during 1929. ... As the depression continued, another disaster occurred that made the impact of the depression even worse. ... The stock market crash was what the cause of the depression faced by the farmers. ... The Great Depression affected many individuals who suffered because of all the hardships that came with the depression. ...

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Women also made their way into the workforce during and after the Depression. ... The U.S. was immediately out of the depression when the war started. ... Leuchtenburg's book explains many different views of the Depression era. ... The New Deal did not restore the economy to the levels of 1929, but it was an extreme political and psychological accomplishment. ... In the time span of ten years from 1929, the country experienced an era of hardship that saw the world through a new window. ...

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The stock market crash of 1929 and the following Great Depression became the catalysts for reform. On Black Tuesday in 1929, stock prices suddenly plunged. ... (but) more than 71% of all 1929 dividend income went to the top 1% of the population" (McElvaine 15). ... Many in the lower class nearly praised Roosevelt as if he were a new- age prophet, for "In the eyes of many depression victims...FDR could do no wrong...early in the New Deal this belief was nearly universal among poor Americans" (McElvaine 14). ... Local governments and states were granted federal aid to improve the conditions of r...

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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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