USA HISTORY

THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940

THE GREAT DEPRESSION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Great Depression was a severe ____ crisis that lasted for more than 10 years and affected millions of people .
A
Physical
B
Economic
C
Situational
D
Political
Explanation: 

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: -1929–1941. The longest and deepest downturn in the history of the United States and the modern industrial economy lasted more than a decade, beginning in 1929 and ending during World War II in 1941. “Regarding the Great Depression, … we did it.

Detailed explanation-4: -There was high unemployment, low production, financial instability, and shrinking trade. The lack of producers and consumers made it more severe. It lasted longer because the countries didn’t come together and kept arguing with each other.

Detailed explanation-5: -Timing and severity. The Great Depression began in the United States as an ordinary recession in the summer of 1929. The downturn became markedly worse, however, in late 1929 and continued until early 1933. Real output and prices fell precipitously.

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