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Great Depression

The Great Depression was a severe global economic downturn from 1929 to 1939. The period was characterized by high rates of unemployment and poverty, drastic reductions in industrial production and international trade, and widespread bank and business failures around the world. The economic contagion began in 1929 in the United States, the largest…

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Location
Global
Cause
Wall Street Crash of 1929
Date
1929–1939
Outcome
New Deal

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United States and Canada

Focus on economic theory or econometrics

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related to Focus on economic theory or econometrics · 78
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related to Europe · 74
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related to Global · 56
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related to United States and Canada · 50
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related to Literature · 36
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related to Germany · 33
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related to Origins · 25
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related to United Kingdom · 23
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related to Greece · 21
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related to Other areas · 18
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Great DepressionCauseWall Street Crash of 19291.00infobox
Great DepressionDate1929–19391.00infobox
Great DepressionLocationGlobal1.00infobox
Great DepressionOutcomeNew Deal1.00infobox
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it was a much larger factor in many other countriesinstance ofWhile foreign trade was a small part of overall economic activity in the U.S. and was concentrated in a few businesses0.80text
wheatinstance ofHardest hit were farm commodities0.80text
cottoninstance ofHardest hit were farm commodities0.80text
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and lumber.Governments around the world took various steps into spending less money on foreign goodsinstance ofHardest hit were farm commodities0.80text
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