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The term "Great Depression" refers to the largest and longest economic depression in modern world history. The Great Depression lasted from 1929 to 1941, the same year the United States entered World War II in her 1941. This period was exacerbated by a series of economic depressions, including the stock market crash of 1929 and the banking crises of 1930 and 1931.

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Causes of the Great Depression - Dual Credit American Studies

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The Dust Bowl ." This was the topic of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath .

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In 1923 and 1930  the jazz age is known. while young people went to dance halls in prohibition era speakeasies to dance the charleston, the black bottom, the flea hop and the cakewalk.

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The Roaring Twenties was a time of dramatic social, economic, and political change in American history. For the first time, more Americans are living in cities than on farms. The country's total wealth more than doubled between 1920 and 1929, and gross domestic product he increased by 40% between 1922 and 1929. This economic engine has propelled many Americans into a rich "consumer culture" where people across the country saw the same ads, bought the same goods, listened to the same music, and danced the same.

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They frequented movie theaters in response to Hollywood’s production of 800 films a year creating silent movie stars like buster keaton and Charlie Chaplin. In a time before television radios became more important than ever creating a boom industry for manufacturers.

Between 1923 and 1930 60% of Americans families bought radios.

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The Great Depression started in 1929 sparked by the Wall Street Crash. The economic crisis led to bank closures, mass unemployment, homelessness, hunger and the despair and dejection of American people.  The terrible drought in 1932 led to dust storms that ravaged the land in the prairies states of America brought unbelievable hardship to even more people. Bread Lines and Soup Kitchens were the only form of sustenance for the hungry. People joined Hunger Marches and the Bonus Army March by WW1 veterans resulted in debacle  in Washington. Shantytowns, called 'Hoovervilles' sprang up across the country, the only refuge for the homeless. Unemployed men, hobos, traveled the railways to different locations desperately searching for work.

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This video explains what the great depression was all about. The events which took place as of 1929 definitely had a huge impact on the historic events which followed and even as far as the present is concerned. 

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This video explains what the great depression was all about. The events which took place as of 1929 definitely had a huge impact on the historic events which followed and even as far as the present is concerned. 

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The Great Depression Explained in One Minute

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What Caused the Great Depression? (with Captions)

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Hooverville,seatle,washington during the Great Depression. 

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Hooverville,seatle,washington during the Great Depression. 

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"Hooverville" became a common term for shacktowns and homeless encampments during the Great Depression. There were dozens in the state of Washington, hundreds throughout the country, each testifying to the housing crisis that accompanied the employment crisis of the early 1930s.

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In 1932, one in four workers was unemployed. Banks failed, savings drained, and many Americans were left penniless. Without jobs or savings, thousands of Americans have lost their homes. The poor congregated in cardboard shacks in so-called Hoovervilles on the outskirts of cities across the country; thousands of unemployed roamed the country on foot and in vans in a vain search for work. While few died of starvation, hunger and malnutrition afflicted many.

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1929-1941. The longest and deepest recession in U.S. and modern industrial economic history spanned more than a decade, beginning in 1929 and ending in 1941 during World War II.

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The Roaring Twenties was a time when, at least in popular culture, the female icon was short, cropped hair, cigarette smoking, drinking, and fighting for women's suffrage. The image was indeed a new breed of woman. For example, despite the fact that the vast majority of car buyers and drivers are male, the trend of showing images of female drivers in women's magazines was another source of novelty.

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The 1920s was a time of new and fascinating art. The new styles of Surrealism and Art Deco were the dominant techniques of the 1920s.

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Among the most famous artists of this period are the painter Edward Hopper and his Scenes of American Solitude, the famous fashion illustrator and witty portrait creator Georges Leupape, and the aforementioned There is the great Tamara de Lempicka.

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The image above, on the right, is an example of what fashion looked like in the 1920s. A young woman is playing golf and looking quite fashionable in her knee-length skirt

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The image above, on the right, is an example of what fashion looked like in the 1920s. A young woman is playing golf and looking quite fashionable in her knee-length skirt

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The Roaring Twenties were also known as the times of the Harlem Renaissance. African-American art and the literary culture movement developed in New York’s Harlem district.

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The American Flapper: Feminist Revolution in the 1920s

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Music: Jazz -developed as a mesh of African American traditions and white middle class ideals, and represented a vast cultural shift. -lead to new dances being created which further angered the older generation. Culture Prohibition: - was the period in United States history in

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American citizens are in a dire situation of poor jobs and low wages. Many people had no savings. A severe drought hits the Southern Plains, causing the infamous Dust Bowl. This meant that many U.S. farmers were not only hit hard by tariffs and reduced trade, they even lost land that could be used for farming.

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The other major effects that happened in the wake of The Great Depression years. 

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The other major effects that happened in the wake of The Great Depression years. 

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-Unemployment Skyrockets.
-Banks Failed.
-Election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

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Another big impact was the closing of the banks to the amounts of loans being taken out. The Business also began to fail as there was not enough money due to the bank crash and stock market crash. The Business failures also lead to the mass firing of people from jobs. This picture shows all the people having problems in there life looking for jobs after being fired.

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The Dust Bowl was a time in which all crops were dying and it lowered Americas crop growth a lot. It happened in the 30s and was know for 38 huge dust storms across america. This event lead to the many crop failures across america. It happened because there were way more farms due to the Great Depression and from all the farms the dirt was picked up and formed huge dust storms.

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This photograph demonstrates the powerful nature of dust bowls. Once one a dust bowl is nearby, it is almost impossible to avoid its wrath and fury. This photograph also shows that the citizens living in rural America could not predict when these dust bowls would come rampaging in their towns and communities. So, no one could strategize when to move to avoid the dust bowls.

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More important is the impact it has had on people's lives. The Great Depression brought misery, homelessness and hunger to millions. Urban Depression In cities across the country, people have lost their jobs, been forced out of their homes and forced to live on the streets.

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Migrant Mother, photograph by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. 

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Migrant Mother, photograph by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. 

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In the 1930s, artists and critics were activists. In the United States, he actively intervened in both the art world and the "real" world, bringing art into contact with society and participating in political activities that interpreted, celebrated, and promoted art that protested injustice.
Edward Hopper, Jackson pollack and Grant Wood are part of this mouvement.

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America after the Fall: Painting in the 1930s

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America after the Fall: Painting in the 1930s

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Hooverville, settle, Washington, during the Great Depression. 

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Hooverville, settle, Washington, during the Great Depression. 