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Life before and after the Great Depression
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Life before and after the Great Depression
Work Cited
- "The Roaring Twenties." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 25 Feb. 2014.
- "Great Depression." : The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Mar. 2014.
- "America in the 1920's." America in the 1920's. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Mar. 2014.
Life during the Great depression
- During the great depression millions were out of work
- some people had to wait hours in bread lines just to get food to survive
- the Roaring Twenties had come to a halt, the decade that was so economically prosperous was no more
The Stock Market crashes
- On October 29th 1929 the stock market crashed resulting in the largest economic crash in history
- this day became known as black Tuesday
- the crash occurred due to the panic that occurred when the stocks began to drop
- due to most banks putting their customers money in the stocks at the time millions of people lost their money
- the largest economic depression in history had begun
What life was like before the depression
- the time period was called the roaring twenties due to the lifestyle of the time
- people would spend their free time partying, drinking, and listening to jazz
- Baseball, and movies where how many people spent their time
A Growing Economy
- following World War One the U.S. experienced the greatest economical growth in their history
- this economic expansion was due to how undamaged the U.S. when the war ended
- Following the war the United states was the richest country in the world
- this period was dubbed the Roaring Twenties
By John Bozick
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