The+Great+Depression

The Great Depression was a worldwide economis slump. The worlds economy was starting to flourish through the stock market. On October 29th, 1939 (black tuesday) the stock market crashed, and started a chain all over the world that started economic down fall.The down fall effeect all stock-market prices by doping them huge percentage points. In a period of three years they kept on falling. In 1929, it droped greatly of its percentage.
 * __The Great Depression__****__:__**

The Stock Market crash didn't suddenly occur; the stock was going down until if fell into a whole, and literally the world's economy came to a screaching hault.There was less production in industry, which led to people buying less product becuse the the cusumers could not afford to buy anything. People had to suvive off of what they made and they would not survive these hardships if they didn't conserve. As a result many people lost their jobs because they were not making any profits and a lot of Americans were finding it hard to make money.
 * __How it Happened__**[[image:http://www.evangelicalright.com/hitler280706AP_600x400.jpg align="right" caption="Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin"]]**__:__**

People that lost their jobs protest about finding new ones ans supporting thier families. The whole word was affected when the production in industry was stopped. The Great Depression ended at different times in different countries. Democracy was weakened and the start of a new era of dictatorships was about to be born following up to World War II. Some of the well known dictators were [|Adolf Hitler], [|Joseph Stalin] and [|Benito Mussolini].

According to an interview titled Hard Times: Coping With Life During the Great Depression featuring responses submitted by T. Ledger, the Great Depression had major impacts on the lives of those around the world. He explained that throughout the depression, due to the fact that we was only three years old, he did not comprehend the true extent of the poverty his family lived in. He explained that his parents grew vegetables in the back of their homes to create meals, baked their own loaves of bread every week, and survivied on one meal dishes each day. His parents worked in politics.The Depression did not only affect the older generations but the children as well, as Ledger recalls, “In school I began to feel I was not alone in poverty, most of the kids wore home made clothes or hand me downs from older siblings. My dresses were made out of flour sacks (at the time flour sacks were printed material) and lots of girls noticed their dresses might look different but the material was the same!” This quote shows the true desperation of this time, as children were forced to wear anything as a form of clothing, and depended entirely on their own possessions prior to the calamity (use old things in new ways)..Because this time was one which challenged the strength of many individuals, in order to stay sane, many turned to the Church as a remedy, and became heavily involved in its proceedings. Also, due to the lack of money, a form of bartering system emerged, where whenever something was needed the members of the community would ask another for a favor, and would grant something in return. It was all about fighting to survive, even in extreme conditions. He felt that during the depression people within the society were more united, as they helped each other survive a difficult time, without many resources to use to survive. He reflects on his present life, and states that now with his children he tries to be thrifty with his money, avoiding wasting money because he had so little while living in Illinois during the financial crisis.
 * __Life During the Great Depression:__**