THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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Question
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Farmers had a tough time growing wheat during the Depression
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Bread was very expensive during the Depression
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Many people did not have enough to eat during the Depression
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Lots of businesses failed during the Depression
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Detailed explanation-1: -What can you conclude from the fact that government breadlines were often very long during the Great Depression? Many people did not have enough to eat during the Depression.
Detailed explanation-2: -Breadlines, in which poverty-stricken and hungry Americans queued for free food, were representative of the increasing unemployment and consequent hunger caused by the Depression.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Federal Reserve could have prevented deflation by preventing the collapse of the banking system or by counteracting the collapse with an expansion of the monetary base, but it failed to do so for several reasons. The economic collapse was unforeseen and unprecedented.
Detailed explanation-4: -What can you conclude from the fact that comedies and musicals were so popular during the Depression? People wanted to escape from their troubles.