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The Great Depression lasted from 1929 to 1939, and was the worst economic downturn in history of the industrialized world. It began after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors.

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The Social Effects of the Great Depression affected people socially such as the way people lived, worked, their free time, how they related to one another, themselves to meet their basic needs and had trouble to be a member of society and in the community. They had a dramatic change of beliefs, customs, practices, behaviors and lifestyles. The horrible era transformed American society to the social effects of unemployment, living conditions, education, health, the quality of life and the impact and social effects on individuals and their families.

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The Great Depression spread very fast from the US to Europe and the rest of the world.

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It isn't a direct cause of the Great Depression. The drought that occurred in the Mississippi Valley in 1930. Many could not pay their taxes or other debts and had to sell their farms for no profit to themselves. The area was nicknamed "The Dust Bowl."

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As businesses began to fail, the government created the Smoot-Hawley Tariff in 1930 to help protect American companies. This charged a high tax for imports which lead to less trade between America and foreign countries.

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With the stock market crash and the fears of further economic problems, individuals from all classes stopped purchasing items. This led to a reduction in the number of items produced and in the workforce. People lost their jobs, they were unable to keep up with paying for items they bought through the installment plans and their items were repossessed. More and more products began to add up. The unemployment rate rose above 25%  which lead even less spending to help get rid of the economic situation.

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Throughout the 1930's over 9,000 banks failed. Bank deposits were uninsured and banks failed people and simply lost their savings. Surviving banks, not sure of the economic situation and concerned for their own survival, they stopped being as willing to create new loans. This situation lead to less and less banks.

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Many believe that the stock market crash that occurred on Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929 is one and the same with the Great Depression. It was one of the major causes that led to the Great Depression. Two months after the original crash in October, stockholders had lost more than $40 billion dollars. Even though the stock market began to regain some of its losses, by the end of 1930, it just was not enough and America truly entered the Great Depression.

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What were the Financial, economic, and social causes to the Depression? 

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What were the Financial, economic, and social causes to the Depression? 

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- Stock Market crashing
- Bank Failures
- Reduction of purchasing
- American policy with with Europe
- Drought conditions