The Great Depression

Though most Americans are aware of the Great Depression of 1929, which may well
be "the most serious problem facing our free enterprise economic system,"(
) few know of the many Americans who lost their homes, life savings and
jobs. This paper briefly states the causes of the depression and summarizes the
vast problems Americans faced during the eleven years of its span. This paper
primarily focuses on what life was like for farmers during the time of the
Depression, as portrayed in John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, and tells what
the government did to end the Depression.

In the 1920's, after World War 1, danger signals were apparent that a great
Depression was coming. A major cause of the Depression was that the pay of
workers did not increase at all. Because of this, they couldn't afford
manufactured goods. While the factories were still manufacturing goods,
Americans weren't able to afford them and the factories made no money (Drewry
and......

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Title: The Great Depression
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