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Great Depression Dbq

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Many economists trace the start of the Great Depression back to the 1929 stock market crash in the United States. This impacted the United States in a major way causing many laborer’s to find themselves jobless. There was a dramatic drop in trade, income and taxation that was felt by every country in the world. In the United States the unemployment rate reached 25%. Put in perspective this means that 1 in 4 people during the 1930’s had no form of income. These scary statistics were overshadowed by other countries unemployment rates of over 33%. The swift drop in demand as well as supply caused many industry based cities of the U.S. to lose out on money and the work became very slow.

Many economists and historians believe their are two major

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