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World Economic Depression
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America's Great Depression 1929-1941
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National economic recoveries to 1935
Latin America and Politics to 1934
Economic depression, democracy, dictatorship and fascism
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PBS The Great Depression: Surviving the Dust Bowl
During the economic boom of the "Roaring Twenties," the traditional values of rural America were challenged by the Jazz Age, symbolized by women smoking, drinking, and wearing short skirts. The average American was busy buying automobiles and household appliances, and speculating in the stock market, where big money could be made. Those appliances were bought on credit, however. Although businesses had made huge gains -- 65 percent -- from the mechanization of manufacturing, the average worker's wages had only increased 8 percent.
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