Impact and Causes of The Great Depression

The Great Depression produced some of the greatest problems this nation ever faced. It challenged our whole system of democracyThe sentence should be rewritten to "It challenged our entire democratic system".

Close Comments and greatly increased the role of the government. The great depression was a time economic collapseThe phrase should be "a time of economic collapse".

Close Comments which caused severe unemployment, and bankruptcy. Hunger and loss of faith in capitalismThe sentence should be rewritten to "Hunger and a loss of faith in capitalism".

Close Comments. People lost their jobs, homes and were forced forced to sell their personal valuables just to eatThe sentence needs to be rewritten for clarity, perhaps as "People lost their jobs and homes and were forced to sell their personal belongings just to buy food."

Close Comments. One example was that there was no government welfare programs at this time. Another example was that people had to face the depression alone and many private groups set up soup kitchens and homeless shelters.

The second cause of the great depression was uneven distribution of income. The 1920’s had been an era of extreme poverty and wealth which created inequality for example, the difference between black boy and great gatsby.The writer includes irrelevant information about the novels "Black Boy" and "The Great Gatsby," as well as details about Cesar Chavez that do not relate to the topic. These details should be removed. Additionally, the writer should focus on explaining the causes of the Great Depression, rather than summarizing literary works.

Close Comments The black boy was a famous novel of the early 1900’s about poverty in america and the author of the novel was richard wright a famous american author. Richard wright had an old apartment with 4 people and 1 bedroom and was very hungry and begged for bread. His body ached, he had food, felt sadness because his father left the house and he felt bitter because father left him. The great gatsby was a famous novel of the 1920’s by f. scott fitzgerald. Jay gatsby was a gangster, and a bootlegger. Jay gatsby also sold illegal alcohol. Jay gatsby bought lots of alcohol, a motor boat, a rolls-royce, made fancy parties, and had servants. He also had juice machine, butler, catering service, buffet table, and fancy food. Cesar chavez was an american worker who fought for civil rights for migrant in the southwest during the 1960’s. Cesar chavez had a poor house in 1934. The bank foreclosed on the loan and the bank takes the house because they did not make house payments. His family were farmers and they had struggled to survive. His family suffered from from discrimination because they are poor. Also chavez went to 37 schools and received poor education.

The third cause of the Great Depression was the availability of easy creditThe writer needs to use appropriate transitions to connect ideas, such as "Furthermore" or "In addition."

Close Comments. American consumers and business had piled a huge debt during the 19020’s. Most were unable to pay their debtsThe sentence should be rewritten to "Most were unable to repay their debts."

Close Comments. Many went bankrupt and banks and businesses were closed. Consumers also went bankrupt because they didn’t have any savings to pay off their loansThe sentence should be revised to "Consumers also went bankrupt because they had no savings to repay their loans."

Close Comments. Many banks went bankrupt also due to the economy and people not consuming any products due to uneven incomes. So not only did business owners suffer the economy issues but the proletariat people suffered the most because most of them worked to feed their families and now they didn’t have any jobsThe sentence should be rewritten for clarity, perhaps as "Not only did business owners suffer from economic issues, but the working class was hit the hardest as they lost their jobs and could no longer support their families."

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Another cause of the Great Depression was imbalance of foreign trade. During the 1920’s the U.S. followed high tariff policy designed to keep out foreign products so that americans can only assume american products. They wanted people to do this so that the economy could increase by forcing people to consume american productsThe sentence should be rewritten as "They wanted people to buy American products to boost the economy." Additionally, the writer should provide more specific details about how the high tariff policy contributed to the Great Depression.

Close Comments. The economy was still not settled but the government forced people because they started producing products. Many people also lost their jobs because they had machines doing their jobs.

The last reason that was the cause of the depression was mechanization U.S. industry. In the 1920’s they created new technology which caused many people to not have jobs. When they made new machines they did not have to worry about hiring new workers or paying workers, so they solved their problems by producing products without having workers manufacture itThe sentence should be revised as "New machines meant that companies no longer needed to hire as many workers, and instead could produce goods with less labor." Additionally, the writer should provide more specific details about how mechanization contributed to the Great Depression, such as how it led to increased unemployment.

Close Comments. So this meant too many people that if they had no work they had no money at all. Which led to people becoming homeless and living on the streets and starving.