THE GREAT DEPRESSION-
The Great Depression happened in the 1930s, but actually started in October of 1929.
This was a period of tough economic times and many people were unemployed and had hard times at home and with their families.
A lot of times people roamed around looking for food, water, and shelter.
Our president at this time was Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
Banks, stores, factories, and others was closed down that left millions of people without jobs and homeless on the streets.
Three big reasons that Caused us to go into the Great Depression was:
The Stock Market crashed
Bank Failures
Droughts
One of my personal opinions is that I would hate to live or even to be born in those rough times. My family that i would have would have a hard time providing food for a baby.
Stock Market crashed.
Investors lost huge quanities of money and lost everything, gone. This lead us into the Great Depression.
Bank Failures.
In the 1930s there was a lot of (thousands of banks) banks that failed by either failing bank deposits. As a result of this, many people lost their savings.
Drought
A big reason for this was farmers would lose their crop and they would not be able to sell it and make a profit off of it. This led to many farmers to be in debt.
The big reason that the rough economic times stopped was because we were becoming involved and become active in World War II. The rough economic times stopped because the men were sent over to the war, and the women stayed here and worked in jobs.
The reason jobs were available was because products needed for the war had to be made in factories and Men were sent over to the war so many other men and women took over these jobs and made a profit.
The Great Depression started in 1929 and ended around 1939. Ten years of rough economic times with people starving and without jobs.
The main reason the Depression ended was when we went into World War II.
Another big reason the Great Depression ended was when President Roosevelt created "The New Deal."
Roosevelt said "This would have 42 agencies create jobs, so there would be a number of people that could work again." FDR said this.
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Boulder Dam-
The Boulder Dam otherwise known as Hoover Dam, and this dam is made of concrete. The Boulder Dam is located in the Black Canyon on the Colorado River and is in the states of Arizona and Nevada. This dam was built during the Great Depression, and its purpose is to help irrigation, help prevent floods, and produce Hydro-Electric Power. I have never been to this dam, but I do think it would be pretty awsome to go and explore around this dam, and enjoy its scenery. I have learned a lot about researching this because I did not know that there was a canyon called the Black Canyon. After the dam was built it gave many people job opportunites and people good have a job. (Remember this was during the Great Depression.) When the dam was being built 112 people died working on this dam. Now this is called the Hoover Dam and is a big tourist attraction.
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