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THE GREAT DEPRESSION - Coggle Diagram
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
period great economic crisis and poverty - 1930
Began United States
city
long lines at soup kitchens
something to eat
country
farmers
struggled in the Midwest
drouth - the soil into dust
huge dust storms
many people lost their money
out of work, hungry, homeless
started crash of the stock market
1929
stock exchange -place - bought and sold
buy stocks - buy part company
well
some of profits
badly
lose your money
historians / economists
various reasons - drought, overproduction of goods, bank failures, stock speculation, consumer debt
When began
president - Herbert Hoover
people blamed him
1933
Roosevelt
elected president - promised New Deal
New Deal
series of laws
programs / governamene agencies - help country great depression
placed regulations
stock market, banks, business
Roosevelt
invested lot of government money
programs
create jobs
help poor people
old people
farmer
built new roads
school
houses
public buildings
factories
started produce
employed more people
Ended - start II ww