... , the United States suffered from a Great Depression. The Great Depression took place due to several factors, one of these is the stock market crash on October 24th, 1929, after people began to sell their stocks. The price of shares dropped harshly, leaving financial loss and panic. The long and devastating crash had never been seen before, it had a great impact on the United States economy ... the United States and brought hope to the people with his New Deal. The new deals purpose was to completely reverse the effects of the Great Depression. Nevertheless the New Deal did not create a ...

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... These people made shantytowns in the cities called 'Hoovervilles' named after Herbert Hoover. Companies were in debt and went bankrupt due to the depression. The depression in America had a huge effect, mainly on farmers. Farmers found they could not sell their produce because of the unemployment and the poverty ... help would damage the self-reliance spirit that made America great. Farmers held a banner which said 'in Hoover we trusted and now we are busted'. He also believed that business would bring about the end to the depression and it was the government's job not to inter...

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