USA HISTORY

THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940

THE GREAT DEPRESSION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
-borrowing more money than could be repaid-speculating in the stock market-overproducing farm products-overproducing industrial productsThese events led to
A
World War II
B
The Great Society
C
Hoover’s re-election
D
The Great Depression
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The market crashed from “over speculation.” This is when stocks become worth a lot more than the actual value of the company. People were buying stocks on credit from the banks, but the rise in the market wasn’t based on reality. When the economy began to slow, stocks began to fall.

Detailed explanation-2: -As stocks continued to fall during the early 1930s, businesses failed, and unemployment rose dramatically. By 1932, one of every four workers was unemployed. Banks failed and life savings were lost, leaving many Americans destitute. With no job and no savings, thousands of Americans lost their homes.

Detailed explanation-3: -It was marked by steep declines in industrial production and in prices (deflation), mass unemployment, banking panics, and sharp increases in rates of poverty and homelessness.

Detailed explanation-4: -Agriculture contributes to a number larger of environmental issues that cause environmental degradation including: climate change, deforestation, biodiversity loss, dead zones, genetic engineering, irrigation problems, pollutants, soil degradation, and waste.

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