1. The Great Depression The Great Depression was all the more shocking because it came after a decade of unprecedented prosperity. It affected all areas of American life, especially American confidence. When the stock market crashed in the fall of 1929 the nation began to sink deeper and deeper into depression as business increased profits while holding down wages and increasing prices of raw materials. This depressed consumer purchasing power which in turn meant less ... of 1935 Italy invaded Ethiopia, and after quick work, Mussolini joined forces with Germany to form the Rome - Berlin Axis....

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Great Depression was during 1929 through 1939. It was one of the hardest time people had gone through. There wasn't money like there is now or transportation. I interviewed six different people on the day of 1-13-00. I learned many things; such as how there wasn't food, money, clothing, transportation, and many other things during the time of the depression. I"m going to tell you stories I heard also my feeling ... on things. On the ... day of January 1st of 2000, I had gone to a nursing home by the name of Millers Mary Manor located on route 6 in Lake Station. There I had interviewed many d...

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