The Great Depression by Destiny Holland

Baby Thesis

970649 — 2014-11-13 19:31:58 UTC

If the supply of goods increases, and the consumer demands the prices stay the same the prices will drop, but if the consumer wishes prices to increase price and the supply stays the same, the prices will rise.

Document 3

970649 — 2014-11-13 19:38:31 UTC

This document is stating how much money was spent to help bankers support market. Europe was very angry in how much debt we were in due to all the products we were buying but not selling in return. It was difficult enough for people to live but with all the debt the consumers were in it made everyone suffer

Document 6

970731 — 2014-11-13 19:43:54 UTC

This document describes how people would buy cars, furniture, radios etc. on the installment plan. They were buying more than they could afford which was bad for the economy,

Document 10

970649 — 2014-11-14 19:04:45 UTC

This document is stating that production slackened and people were laid off. Its says that the business cycle has been destroyed due to the fact that people have no money but continue to buy with money they don't have.

Baby Thesis

970649 — 2014-11-14 19:08:11 UTC

Many consumers wanted people to buy their products of course, yet they were selling their products for higher and higher prices as more people bought them. Which in a way wasn't helping them or the buyers because people got paid barely anything back then and were expected to survive off of very little.

Document 7

970649 — 2014-11-14 19:14:21 UTC

This woman has a very large family and is having to survive off very little, yet she does it. She is suffering though, as to having a variety of different things to eat and she makes her own clothes because store bought is too expensive. Her and her husband both are getting what is known as a decent amount back then for a living but they are doing that by eating very little variety and making their own clothes. How do consumers expect people to buy their products for such a high price when their barely living a decent life with what they make?

Document 9

970731 — 2014-11-14 19:14:58 UTC

In this document it shows a chart that explains the U.S family income in 1929. In 1929 a $2000 income was the minimum for the average U.S family. Most american family incomes were $1,500 or less.

Document 11

970649 — 2014-11-14 19:20:12 UTC

In this document it is showing how the economy is pretty much a disaster. Prices were way over budget and farm industry just wasn't enough. There was definitely over production and many people were suffering from this.

Document 4

970649 — 2014-11-14 19:26:06 UTC

This shows the percent of unemployment in the U.S. The non-farm employees were a way larger percentage in unemployment than the civilian labor forced to work. Over the years the percentage that was forced and just not farmers at all were way higher as the years went on.

Document 1

970731 — 2014-11-14 19:31:45 UTC

In this document shows the business cycle. during this time the wars were good for business, but the great depression made a big difference.

Baby Thesis

970649 — 2014-11-14 19:34:27 UTC

These documents are showing that people weren't focused on the economy as much as they were on petty things. People were worried about cars and putting their money into stocks and not focused on setting there money to the right thing. In one of these documents it gives a smart idea as to how people can save a lot of money in a slow amount of time and soon be rich, yet almost all don't follow the process of course.

Document 5

970649 — 2014-11-14 19:37:32 UTC

The last straw that set the stage for the collapse of American prosperity in 1929 was the speculative boom that went after 1927. Many investors were putting their money into stocks hoping that that would be a fast way to make money. Investors were gambling on their stocks the same way as gamblers would on race horses. They were worrying about the wrong thing instead of the proper way to do a business cycle.

Document 8

970731 — 2014-11-14 19:41:07 UTC

In this document it is a boat company trying to get the reader to buy one the the boats.

They use words like "graceful" to describe the boat but wont get much sold.

Document 2

970649 — 2014-11-14 19:42:42 UTC

The author in this is giving a smart way of how people can be rich within 20 years. Unfortunately with this living condition it was impossible to save anything. People complained about being poor because that's all they could do. Long hours for little pay