... not afford to pay debts on their property and were left homeless. 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. Prices ... good speaker and was able to persuade people to vote for him. He also went around the country to see the effects of the depression first hand, which made people think that he cared about them, som...

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After WW1, 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 ... 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 full recovery from the Great Depression, yet it left a real effect in two places, the American government and American society.         The New Deal foc...

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