Impact the Great Depression had on the world
- Britain was struggling because of WWI, when the US economy crashed trade stopped and that hurt the British economy even more. Britain was not as bad off as the United States, Unemployment was high. Taxes were raised which made things Even worse
- Germany was hard hit by the Great Depression because of WW1, the Smoot-Hawley tariff act was cause that hurt Germany too, world trade was at an all-time low. The great depression in Germany caused Hitler and the Nazis to come into power.
- Russia- was not directly affected by the great depression because they were communist, and the government was providing jobs for everyone. Peoples lives were heavely impacted by Stalins rules
- Japan- was our ally up until the great depression...japan was hit hard by the great depression because they couldn't trade with anybody, so they bombed Pearl Harbor to get us to trade with them again.
- This was a world wide depression- world trade was cut tremendously- The depression eventually caused Adolf Hitler to come to power.
Great Depression in Shelby County
- Many people were loosing their farms, Many farmers asked neighbors to co-sign with them- this means that people would share the farm until ladder years
- Many people were unemployed, many people and farmers were too proud to ask for help from the Government
- Government steps in- WPA paid a dollar for digging a crick in a straight line.
- Everyday life
- nobody spent money for entertainment
- No new clothes
- Livestock
- No public events
- more than half lost their farms
- Making Money
- lots of people milked cows- 20cents
- Feeding hogs- started to use troughs
- Cars
- Mostly everybody had a car- Model T
- You bought gas at the drug store with stamps
- People could not by tires
- Farms
- Farm values were cut in half in 10 years
- Herbert Hoover's speech in Des Moines
- Everything was drying up
- Earling
- A number of merchants in Earling have invoked in the form of I.O.U
- I.O.U's- limited to strictly local use.
- Weather
- Dust storms
- Extreme temps
- Droughts - people started digging wells
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