THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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Crop Prices to drop
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Wages to go down
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Money to lose it’s value
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Trains to charge more for rides
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Detailed explanation-1: -Overproducing food, while allowing for food security, also disrupt world markets as well as causes immense environmental damage to soil and water supplies.
Detailed explanation-2: -The prices of agricultural products started to climb due to overproduction, making the situation worse during the Great Depression.
Detailed explanation-3: -Overproduction of crops occurred in part due to the westward expansion of homestead farms and in part because industrialization led to new farm tools that dramatically increased crop yields.
Detailed explanation-4: -Policy: Agricultural overproduction is a key feature of the industrial agriculture system that results in extensive food waste, environmental degradation, and overconsumption of highly processed, non-nutrient dense foods.