Mission 14 Investigation by Aiden Morse _ Student - ApexFriendshipMS https://padlet.com/admorse2/ggjl43pw9zay The great depression en-us 2019-02-08 15:24:09 UTC 2025-06-12 15:29:03 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Growing.png Why is this Time period significant? admorse2 https://padlet.com/admorse2/ggjl43pw9zay/wish/332724662 The great depression is significant because it was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world, lasting from 1929 to 1939. It began after the stock market crashed on October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. The Great Depression challenged American families in major ways, placing great economic, social, and psychological strains and demands upon families and their members. Millions of families lost their savings as numerous banks collapsed in the early 1930s.]]> 2019-02-19 15:14:40 UTC https://padlet.com/admorse2/ggjl43pw9zay/wish/332724662 What important vocabulary words did you discover in your research? What do these words mean? admorse2 https://padlet.com/admorse2/ggjl43pw9zay/wish/332726533 One word i found was speculation. Speculation means an investment in stocks, property, or other ventures in the hope of gain but with the risk of loss. Another word i found was lackadaisical. lackadaisical means to be lacking enthusiasm and determination.]]> 2019-02-19 15:17:38 UTC https://padlet.com/admorse2/ggjl43pw9zay/wish/332726533 Identify one human right that was identified or denied. admorse2 https://padlet.com/admorse2/ggjl43pw9zay/wish/333192058 Right #17 is denied because this is "The right to your own things." I know this because people needed stuff like food and water but did not get it because of the dramatic downturn in stocks of company's. Many people could and did die due to no food and water because they had no money and/or the stores were closed because they aren't getting enough money from people ]]> 2019-02-20 14:40:04 UTC https://padlet.com/admorse2/ggjl43pw9zay/wish/333192058 What was happening during this time period? admorse2 https://padlet.com/admorse2/ggjl43pw9zay/wish/333451601 One thing that happened during the time period of the great depression was when the stock market crash of October 29, 1929, providing a dramatic end to an era of unprecedented, and unprecedentedly lopsided, prosperity.]]> 2019-02-21 01:13:00 UTC https://padlet.com/admorse2/ggjl43pw9zay/wish/333451601 How did the Great Depression affect the people’s outlook of the world as a whole? admorse2 https://padlet.com/admorse2/ggjl43pw9zay/wish/333454075 Civilians lost faith in their government system and turned towards socialism. I know this because people lost hope in capitalism as well as in the democratic government. Individuals also began to look towards a socialist regime because theoretically, communism eradicates poverty and famine.


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