The Great Depression
Steve Torres
Summary
1.) the depression started in 1929
2.) the cause of it was the stock market crashing
3.)many people lost their jobs, money, and more.
4.) African Americans were the most impacted because they had the least help, and also the ones with jobs got fired to let white people take their job instead.
5.) The Great Depression ended because of WW2
Franklin D. Rossevelt
"the only thing to fear is fear itself", were the words of rossevelt on a day during The Great Depression. He is my key person. Rossevelt was the priesident at the time of the depression. He was in a really bad position at the time because he had to deal with angry people with no jobs and no money. As bad as things were, he stayed strong through the rest of the deppression and did the best he could to help everyone in America.
Important Events
Events List
1.)The Depression Starts
the depression started in 1929 because the stock market crashes, and an estimated amount of 30 billion sock values have been lost. so many people lost their money and jobs.
2.) During the Depression
an amount of 3.2 million people have lost their jobs and before 1.5 million people were already unemployed. there were also many revolts such as riots, food riots, rallies etc.
3.)The Depression Ends
the depression ended in 1941 right when we entered WW2. it ended after the Japenese bombings at Perl Harbor.
Work Cited
Depression, Great." The New Book of Knowledge. Grolier Online, 2014. Web. 15 Jan. 2014.
Work Cited
https://www.smore.com/za5b/edit,2014.Web 15 Jan.2014