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  2. Great Depression - Wikipedia

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    The term "The Great Depression" is most frequently attributed to British economist Lionel Robbins, whose 1934 book The Great Depression is credited with formalizing the phrase, [229] though Hoover is widely credited with popularizing the term, [229] [230] informally referring to the downturn as a depression, with such uses as "Economic ...

  3. Great Depression in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression (1959). scholarly history online; Watkins, T. H. The Great Depression: America in the 1930s. (2009) online; popular history. Wecter, Dixon. The Age of the Great Depression, 1929–1941 (1948), scholarly social history online; Wicker, Elmus. The Banking Panics of the Great Depression (1996) White, Eugene N.

  4. Timeline of the Great Depression - Wikipedia

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    The Economies of Africa and Asia in the Iinter-war Depression (1989) Davis, Joseph S. The World Between the Wars, 1919–39: An Economist's View (1974) Drinot, Paulo, and Alan Knight, eds. The Great Depression in Latin America (2014) excerpt; Eichengreen, Barry. Golden Fetters: The gold standard and the Great Depression, 1919–1939. 1992 ...

  5. Wall Street crash of 1929 - Wikipedia

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    The Dow Jones Industrial Average, 1928–1930. The "Roaring Twenties", the decade following World War I that led to the crash, [4] was a time of wealth and excess.Building on post-war optimism, rural Americans migrated to the cities in vast numbers throughout the decade with hopes of finding a more prosperous life in the ever-growing expansion of America's industrial sector.

  6. 12 Things We Can Learn From the Great Depression - AOL

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    The lessons of the generation that weathered the Great Depression include self-sufficiency, frugality, and improvisation. ... a surprising number of lessons from the hardships of the 1930s endure ...

  7. Causes of the Great Depression - Wikipedia

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    The Great Depression: An Inquiry into the Causes, Course, and Consequences of the Worldwide Depression of the Nineteen-Thirties, as Seen by Contemporaries and in Light of History (1986) Garraty, John A. Unemployment in History (1978) Garside, William R. Capitalism in Crisis: International Responses to the Great Depression (1993) Haberler ...

  8. Public Works Administration - Wikipedia

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    It was created by the National Industrial Recovery Act in June 1933 in response to the Great Depression. It built large-scale public works such as dams, bridges, hospitals, and schools. Its goals were to spend $3.3 billion in the first year, and $6 billion in all, to supply employment, stabilize buying power, and help revive the economy. Most ...

  9. 50 Fascinating ‘Old-Time Photos’ That Show You Just How Much ...

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    #13 Young Girl During The Great Depression, 1930s. Image credits: Old-time Photos #14 Men In Harlem Gather In Front Of A Shop To Listen To The Radio, 1940. Image credits: Old-time Photos