Socio-Economic Causes | Person |
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Overproduction
This is an effect that happened because the number of cars being produced exceeded the consumers' demand.
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Herbert Hoover
He was the first president to donate his salary to charity and he believed that the economy would resolve itself.
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Black Tuesday
Many stockholders sold their stocks on this day. This is also the day that the stock market crashed.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
This woman encouraged Franklyn Roosevelt to remain in politics despite contracting polio.
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Hoovervilles
This was the nickname of living quarters that were made by the homeless. These quarters were named after a president.
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Franklyn Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
This person ran against Herbert Hoover in the 1932 election and won.
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Uneployment
Many persons lost their jobs and fell under this category.
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Herbert Hoover
This person was blamed for the Great Depression even though he did not cause it.
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Farmers
These group of people had trouble selling their crops but grew their own food to consume.
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Polio
Franklyn Roosevelt contracted this deadly disease and became paralyzed from the waist down.
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