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what i learned:

  • over 9000 banks failed in the 1930's
  • Smoot-Hawley protected American companies.
  • The was a ripple effect on the economy and the US after the stock market crash
  • The whole thing was a viscous cycle- it took years to end
  • New deal was established in 1933
  • CCC provided jobs for 2.5 million young Americans in forest and conservation programs
  • Banks crashed, businesses failed, people lost jobs
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