... of Canadians because it caused massive unemployment, slowed the Canadian economy, ravaged the prairies, and it challenged Canadian politicians. The Great Depression caused massive unemployment throughout Canada and it devastated the lives of those who were out of work. The start of the Great Depression was triggered by the stock market crash on October 29, 1929. This day was called "Black Tuesday" because prices for ... shares collapsed in Canada and the United States. As a result, unemployment was on the rise and businessmen started to loose their income. There were no jobs for unemplo...

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... Great Depression began in 1929, when the stock market in the United States dropped rapidly. Thousands of investors lost all of their money and were forced to live on the streets. The following period of 10 years ranked as the worst period of high unemployment and low business activity in modern times. Banks, stores, and factories were closed and left millions of Americans jobless, homeless, and without ... with the banking holiday in the winter of 1933, this led to millions of investors to go bankrupt and force themselves into poverty and famine in some cases. The prices of stocks in t...

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... some cases – the end of World War 2 was the worst depression of the 20th century and is still used as an example of just how bad our economy can get to this day. The Great Depression affected not only the stock market and banks but also had an effect on almost every citizen's personal bank ... account, all of which tend to have a domino effect on one another. During "Black Tuesday", the day of the stock market crash of 1929, chaos ensued as ... people rushed to the banks to try to save their hard earned money, but to no avail. Jobs were lost, businesses completely shut down, and peopl...

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... this time of pain and suffering the Joad family in John Steinbeck's classic novel, The Grapes of Wrath, represent the families of thousands as they deal with the hardships of the depression face to face in their own adventure to California. During the 1920's the United States was in a dream world. Business was at an all time high, the stock market became a popular route ... to success and new technological break through were being made on a regular basis (Palmer 2). Inventions such as ... hand radios, vacuums, refrigerators and many others were being celebrated on a daily basis and the...

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