THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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the end of the gold rush
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the crash of the stock exchange
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the ending of World War II
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the high price of oil
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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: -What were the major causes of the Great Depression? Among the suggested causes of the Great Depression are: the stock market crash of 1929; the collapse of world trade due to the Smoot-Hawley Tariff; government policies; bank failures and panics; and the collapse of the money supply.
Detailed explanation-3: -Known as Black Thursday, the crash was preceded by a period of phenomenal growth and speculative expansion. A glut of supply and dissipating demand helped lead to the economic downturn as producers could no longer readily sell their products.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.