11-15-13

1.buying on credit allowed people to buy things and then pay for them later.

2. this combined with what the american people at the time thought was a strong economy

3. buying on margin which was similar to buying on credit allowed people to buy shares for 10% to 20% of their actual value

4. which meant you were borrowing 80% to 90% of the value

5. since better technology was increasing supply at a higher rate and  demand for food was not increasing at same rate prices fell and farmers  income dropped

bank failures they failed becuase people to lose their savings do to the deposits in the bank

they decide to be more carfeul about who give loans out to

long lastin impact on the us

tarrifs increased quickly

A lot of people were out of jobs

the social security system was set into place

the first new deal was intended to fix the economy from the to down

so formed the ag adjustment

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