The Great Depression
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The Great Depression By: Ashlyn Hansen
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The Great Depression. By: Ashlyn Hansen. Who. Herbert Hoover – 31 st president of the US. President during the beginning and roughest part of the Great Depression. Often blamed for the depression. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Great Depression
By: Ashlyn Hansen
Herbert Hoover – 31st president of the US.
President during the beginning and roughest part of the Great Depression. Often blamed for the depression.
Franklin D. Roosevelt – 32nd President of the US. President after Hoover during the Great Depression and World War II. Created the New Deal.
Who
Period of time that left
many Americans unemployed, bankrupt, and homeless.
What
October 1929 – late 1930’s/ early 1940’s
When
All of the United States
was affected by the Great Depression, but the states that were the most affected were: California, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. The whole world was affected by the depression because it interfered with the trading system.
Where
The causes of the
Great Depression are still debated today, but most people believe the stock market crash of 1929 and bank failures all over the country to be the main causes.
Why
The unemployment rate in the US rose to
about 27% compared to todays unemployment rate of 7.6%
About 15% of Americans were homeless after the Great Depression.
Statistics
