what economic political and international factors caused the great depression?
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The Great Depression was a global economic crisis that may have been triggered by political decisions including war reparations post-World War I, protectionism such as the imposition of congressional tariffs on European goods or by speculation that caused the Stock Market Collapse of 1929.
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The stock market crash of 1929 touched off a chain of events that plunged the United States into its longest, deepest economic crisis of its history. It is far too simplistic to view the stock market crash as the single cause of the Great Depression. A healthy economy can recover from such a contraction.
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Wall Street Crash. When the Wall Street stock market crashed in October 1929, the world economy was plunged into the Great Depression. By the winter of 1932, America was in the depths of the greatest economic depression in its history. The number of unemployed people reached upwards of 13 million.
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These changes are caused by: economic factors - tourism income, farming profitability, primary sector jobs. environmental factors - land use, pollution, conservation. social factors - population change and migration, leisure time, retirement population.
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['The Money Supply. Inflation is primarily caused by an increase in the money supply that outpaces economic growth. ... ', 'The National Debt. ... ', 'Demand-Pull Effect. ... ', 'Cost-Push Effect. ... ', 'Exchange Rates.']
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['Interest rates.', 'Exchange rates.', 'Recession.', 'Inflation.', 'Taxes.', 'Demand / Supply.']
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the USSR was the only communist state at the time, it had minimal trade contact with the rest of the world. ... The Soviet economy arguably actually benefited from the Great Depression. The USSR hired specialized labor particularly from the USA to help fuel their industrialization.
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There has been a long-standing connection between economics and history. Most major historical events have an economic basis to them. In looking at the major wars fought since the 1890s, economics has played a key role in the start of the war. The United States wanted to become a world power in the 1890s.
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By then, production had already declined and unemployment had risen, leaving stocks in great excess of their real value. Among the other causes of the stock market crash of 1929 were low wages, the proliferation of debt, a struggling agricultural sector and an excess of large bank loans that could not be liquidated.
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The heavy reparations, combined with the devastated economic infrastructure throughout Germany and political tension under the Weimar Republic, led to an economic depression. Hyperinflation and unemployment in Weimar Germany were staggering.
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["No taxing power. The confederation gov't could not require states to pay taxes.", 'Inflation. The continental dollars were not backed by gold or silver so their value was inflated.', 'Jealousy and Arguing among states. ... ', 'Tariff Wars(tax wars) ... ', 'Foreign Affairs in Shambles.']
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The Great Depression was a worldwide economic crisis that lasted for much of the 1930s. ... In economics, a depression is a period during which business, employment, and stock market values fall to very low levels for a significant amount of time (typically more than three years).
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What are the three general causes of migration? environmental causes, economic causes, political causes.
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['Causes of ww2. Treaty of Versailles, facism, world wide depression, Japanese expansion, anti- communism, appeasement, militarism, nationalism.', 'Treaty of Versailles. - Punished Germany and left bitterness. ... ', 'Facism. ... ', 'World wide depression. ... ', 'Japanese expansion. ... ', 'Anti- communism. ... ', 'Appeasement. ... ', 'Militarism.']
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What circumstances conspired to cause the Dust Bowl? Economic depression coupled with extended drought, unusually high temperatures, poor agricultural practices and the resulting wind erosion all contributed to making the Dust Bowl. The seeds of the Dust Bowl may have been sowed during the early 1920s.
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The 1920s, known as the Roaring Twenties, was a time of many changes - sweeping economic, political, and social changes. There were many aspects to the economy of the 1920s that led to one of the most crucial causes of the Great Depression - the stock market crash of 1929.
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The Great Depression that began at the end of the 1920s was a worldwide phenomenon. By 1928, Germany, Brazil, and the economies of Southeast Asia were depressed. By early 1929, the economies of Poland, Argentina, and Canada were contracting, and the U.S. economy followed in the middle of 1929.