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Inaya Arain: How did the Stock Market Crash lead to the Great Depression? 

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Inaya Arain: How did the Stock Market Crash lead to the Great Depression? 

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The stock market crash was one of the main reasons of the Great Depression. Many people that heavily invested in stocks were rich, high classed people and one that was involved was, “.....to be known as a millionaire and to have invested heavily in stocks,” (Page 3.) This man, Germansky, ran away after finding out about the stock market crash. Although he knew all people were going to worry, it was his only option. This then led to him losing more investments making him lose even more money, which may have led him to not being in the high class anymore.

The reason of stock market crash did make the wealthiest lose money, as it did to all people. The wealthiest 1% of people evolved into receiving 19.6% incomes and none to the poor. By the time of stock market crash, the amount dropped to 8-10%, it led to the wealthy losing money. “While the Great Depression served to reduce income inequality, it also decimated total income, leading to mass unemployment and hardship,” (Matthew Johnson, Section 2, Paragraph 1). The wealthy were not the only ones to lose their jobs, the poor and middle class did as well. They were unemployed, hungry, and were desperate, all people were.

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Emily Do: What effect did the Great Depression have on America?

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Emily Do: What effect did the Great Depression have on America?

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The Great Depression of 1929 had a large effect on many American families and citizens. The U.S. economy was devastated. Banks failed, half of banks failed. "By 1933, 4,000 banks had failed," (Amadeo 20), and the number rose to 9000 just a few years later. Customers of these failed banks lost a total of $140 billion. Everyone rushed to take out their deposits, but everyone, no matter their social status, ended up losing money anyway.

In addition, unemployment rose to its highest point in the history of the United States at 24.9%. Unemployment used to be 3.2% in just 1928. Millions of people had no stable income and no way to provide for their families. For the fortunate who still had jobs, their wages fell 42%. "Almost 6,000 shantytowns, called Hoovervilles, sprang up in the 1930's," (Amadeo 14). The number of children sent to orphanages increased by 50%. Families just could not afford to raise their own children anymore. The Great Depression really had a large impact on the lives of all American citizens, rich and poor alike.

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Both: How did the Dust Bowl contribute to the rise of unemployment, homelessness, etc.?

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Both: How did the Dust Bowl contribute to the rise of unemployment, homelessness, etc.?

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The Dust Bowl also played a large role in the rise of unemployment and homelessness. “When drought began in the early 1930's, it worsened [the] poor economic conditions. The depression and drought hit farmers on the Great Plains the hardest.” (National Section 2, Paragraph 3). In the South, this drought caused the farmer's soil to be too dry to harvest anything, and they had no other source of income. To add to this issue, the price of crops was lowered. Most Southern farmers ended up jobless and had to move to cities in search of work. Here, the farmers had no better luck with finding work and relied on local bread lines and soup kitchens to not starve. More people than ever were living on the streets with their families.

The drought also led to many being scared. They all thought so much more was going to happen. They knew that this would affect their lives more, especially farmers as they needed fertile soil. The Great Depression only got worse, ¨There will be no record crops anywhere, but compared with last summer conditions are excellent. Then cattle died in the fields from thirst and starvation. Hundreds of thousands of head were  slaughtered by the government. People guarded their water,”(Page 14). Many people died, people lost jobs, food, shelter. The Great Depression was only worsening and would not resolve itself.