Al Smith was catholic.. and John F. Kennedy was the only Catholic President..
by 1928 the stock market was still booming.. Hoover won some of the democratic states in the south.. and that was surprising becoz they were in the south, and in South Carolina, Gerogia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas were the solid south states that only vote democratic party..
Hoover wasnt a good speaker, in front of people.. so he campained over the radio..
John Peirpoint Morgan.. was one of the richest men and he bought stock when the prices were going down and he has helped stop a few stock crashes..
Many banks and businesses collapsed.. becoz invested other peoples money in the stock market and they lent out a lot of money and when people couldnt pay them back it didnt have any money so they closed down and if you had money in the bank and you didnt get it out in time before it closed then you lost all that money..
when the stock market crashed it crashed other countries market.. and the unemployment mostly effected us and europe.. and we were the only country that was booming with the stock market crash.. and when everyone had money all saved and everything crashed a lot of people in almost every country lost a lot of money..
Depression in the cities.. 2 million high paying jobs were lost.. coal mining and railroads lost a lot of money.. more men lost jobs than women.. Movies took on in the 1930's.. farmers moved into cities.. 17,000 families were put on the street.. in months people spent over a years worth of money.. in the cities people couldnt really grow all that many crops.. and so farmers who could pay for their farm houses, had more of an advantage becoz they had land and space to grow food..
Breadlines were dominated with men and some waited for hours.. and had to take care of their families and while the ladies were at home taking care of the kids..
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