THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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Inflation
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High Unemployment
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Economic success
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A depression
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world, lasting from 1929 to 1939. It began after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors.
Detailed explanation-2: -Real GDP fell 29% from 1929 to 1933. The unemployment rate reached a peak of 25% in 1933. Consumer prices fell 25%; wholesale prices plummeted 32%. Some 7, 000 banks, nearly a third of the banking system, failed between 1930 and 1933.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which of the following directly contributed to the economic instability of the United States in 1929? Over speculation in the stock market.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Great Depression of 1929 devastated the U.S. economy. A third of all banks failed. 1 Unemployment rose to 25%, and homelessness increased. 2 Housing prices plummeted, international trade collapsed, and deflation soared.