The Stock Market Crash and The Great Depression

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The Stock Market Crash and

The Great Depression


Both events started around

When did the Stock


October 1929 when the
Stock Market Crash
happened. It kept going

Market crash and all the way to about 1941.


America had expirenced

Great Depression
small depressions and
stock market issues before
but The Great Depression

start?
was the longest, harshest
time period. From 1929 -
1939 America had the
hardest finanical down
fall The United States has
ever seen.
How does the stock market and the great
depression correlate?
The big Stock Market
Crashed caused big
problems in the economy
, aka the Great
Depression. It seemed
like America was booming
at the time economicly
but they were not stable
enough and they crashed.
It was after World War l
, so the United States
was in major debt.
Most people during that time period
went from eating good to trying to
get food. Most families ate bread
every night , and changed it up
from one ingredient. Whatever was
the cheapest they would take it.
People stopped caring about
luxiraies they just needed food at
their table. MUst have been
embaressing for the UNited States
to be known as one country that was
helping others to a country that
despertaly needed help.

What was it like living through that time period?


How was work life
during the great
depression? During The Great Depression work
expirence was very different. Most
jobs were hard labor and citizens
were scrambaling to find jobs to
support their families. The good
thing that came out of this expirence
is Americans realized how important
work is to the U.S. economy. When you
dont work many struggles come along
with it.
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