The Great Depression
Beginning of paper
Though most Americans are aware of 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 probl ....
Middle of paper
.... to farmers. Farmers weren't doing to well because
they were producing more crops and farm products than could be sold at high
prices. Therefore, they made a very small profit. This insufficient profit
wouldn't allow the farmers to purchase new machinery and because of this they
couldn't produce goods quick enough (Drewry and O'connor 559).
A new plan was created called the installment plan. This plan was established
because many Americans didn't have enough money to buy goods and se ....
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