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The Great Depression: Causes and Impact by Sonny An is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document summarizes key events and impacts of the Great Depression based on textbook notes from a US History class. It describes the stock market crash of 1929 and the economic downturn that followed with rising unemployment reaching 25% by 1932. Farmers were hit hard by drought, foreclosures, and declining wages as they were replaced by farm machinery. Many left the Great Plains for California in search of work, but faced exploitation and police hostility upon arriving. Makeshift shantytowns sprang up
- Author
- Sonny An
- Language
- EN