"In 1931 alone more than 20,000 Americans committed suicide" ("Great", Britannica). This quote shows the impact a crisis can have on this world. The Great Depression played a huge role in American history. The Great Depression was a series of economical breakdowns in the American stock market. This crisis had many huge affects on U.S society such as creating mass poverty, a loss of jobs, and a governmental expansion.

The Great Depression occurred after a collapse in the stock market ("Great", Britannica). The collapse began on October 24, 1929 and ended in the year 1939. Many theories concerning the causes of this crisis include a drop of trade, resulted from commodity prices, and inflation by reduction in paper currency by the Gold Standard (Samuelson), and America's inexperience in global economics power ("Great", MSN). The sum of all these causes led to the drastic affects the Depression had on American society.

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