Brazil, Mexico And Argentina

Throughout the 1920’s, new industries and new methods of production led to prosperity in America. America was able to use its great supply of raw materials to produce steel, chemicals, glass, and machinery that became the foundation of an enormous boom in consumer goods (Samuelson, 2). Many US citizens invested on the stock market, speculating to make a quick profit. This great prosperity ended in October 1929. People began to fear that the boom was going to end, the stock market crashed, the economy collapsed and the United States entered a long depression.

The result of overproduction in farm area was wheat, cotton, corn, and other grains prices drop (Document N). Industries like Gar Wood Inc, producer of boats, overproduce boats because the sell of them saw to be increasing; every American want a boat, “One man pays $35,000 for a boat, another $10,000” (Document J). When the economy becomes weaker, people stop buying goods in excess, as result the excess wheat and other grains, and the goods produced by industries, remain in the store; not body bought them. Farmers and industries have to stop their production completely, which resulted in the dismissal of hundreds of workers (increase unemployment %) and the loss of millions of dollars. Overproduction put the country in a very hard economic situation to avoid, the Great

While other post war countries struggled, the United States was booming with prosperity in the “roaring twenties”. The unexpected economic collapse led to both financial and political repercussions. Prior to these events, the international economy was already unstable. When the stock market crashed, American businessmen pulled out of overseas investments. Sparked by the Great Depression and the sudden lack of production, world trade experienced a dramatic decline. Without supply and

Though, in either case, tax revenue, personal income and prices rose while profits dropped forcing the international trade to plunge detrimentally (Sauert, 2010). In the United States, notably, unemployment rose to 25% while in some countries it went as high as 35% between 1929 and 1939 (Olson, 2001). In the case of the Global Financial Crisis, virtually every city around the world was hit economically, especially those depending on the heavy industry. While the Great Depression halted construction in many countries, the Global Financial Crisis caused housing prices to plummet, thus leading to a financial, housing, and credit crisis (Burton, Nesiba, & Brown, 2015). In either of the scenarios, farming suffered the biggest blow making the international community to experience a severe food crisis. The ensuing financial crunch left the international community to survive on few alternative financing sources, which in turn magnified the concerns in either

Brazil and Mexico are both the giants of their geographic realms (de Blij and Muller 219,254). Mexico constitutes an entire geographic region of Middle America (200). The country of Brazil is also considered a single region in South America (239). Both of these regions have very large populations in comparison to the other regions of their realms. Mexico’s current population of 102 million people has more than doubled in size since 1970 (219). Brazil’s estimated population is currently near 167 million people (254). The populations of both regions are becoming increasingly more urban in character. At least seventy-four percent of Mexico’s population resides in cities or towns (220). Similarly in Brazil, eighty percent of the population

The economic expansion of the 1920’s, with its increased production of goods and high profits, culminated in immense consumer speculation that collapsed with disastrous results in 1929 causing America’s Great Depression. There were a number or contributing factors to the depression, with the largest and most important one being a general loss of confidence in the American economy. The reason it escalated was a general misunderstanding of recessions by American policymakers of the time.

The closing days of the 1920’s were a start of what would be the worst economic disaster that had ever been witnessed. The effect that the Great Depression had on capitalist countries such as Germany and the United States, was that their stocks and shares heavy economy plunged, leaving businesses unable to trade, and poverty throughout the nation. In the case of France, the depression initially did not suddenly bring the economy down drastically as it had to the more industrialised nations. Although relatively unscathed at first, by 1931 the ripple effect had hit France which steamrolled the economic downturn of the French economy. With France following the gold standard, the economic downturn lasted much longer than other affected

Before the depression happened many factories and farms alike, were producing mass amounts of cheap goods/produce, more than people could buy. This led to product prices falling, due

With the static money supply in the 1880s, farmers suffered from a deflationary impact on the price of goods. They were forced to grow three times their products in order to pay off their mortgages with its high interest rates. The enlarged national market became an issue when Americans began buying imported goods rather than domestic goods. Farmers were left with a surplus of goods, but no consumers. Eventually, the government decided to step in and place the Mckinley Tariff on all foreign goods in an effort to get Americans to begin buying more domestic goods. However, the tariff not only indirectly reduced the national market, but also hurt the farmers because they were unable to keep up with the rising prices of imported farm machinery. The second Industrial Revolution was only able to briefly benefit the U.S.

(Document A) In South America, Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador share a major industrial resource, petroleum! Coffee is also an agricultural resource that all of the countries have. (Document A) There are also things like textiles, wood, food, minerals, cotton, sugarcane, corn, potatoes, and cacao. (Document A) Along with agriculture and other industries, Peru and Ecuador both trade with the United States as a major trading partner, while Bolivia trades with Brazil. (Document A) In Argentina, things like beef, grains, fruits, wheat, grapes, and sheep are produced. (Document B) In Central America, some major agricultural industries include bananas, coffee, and sugarcane. (Document C) Central America also produces nickel, iron ore, fish, timber, and oil. Some of Central America’s major trading partners are Honduras, Panama, Costa Rica, and the United

A devastating event such as the Great Depression occured in the 1930’s. In the month of May the stock maret had a change. Bankholders lost more than 30 billion dollars, although bankers began to regain the losses it wasnt enough. Bank failures began taking place in the 1930’s, due to uncertain banks, many people began to loose their savings. Because of the stock market crash many people from all classes stopped purchasing items. This led to a reduction in item production and a decrease in the workforce. Due to bussiness failings, the government created a tariff that protected companies in which created a high taxe charging in imports causing the decrease of trade with foreign countries. The result of the great depression were immense across

A devastating event such as the Great Depression occured in 1929. In the month of May the stock maret had a change. Bankholders lost more than 30 billion dollars, although bankers began to regain the losses it wasnt enough. Bank failures began taking place in the 1930’s, due to uncertain banks, many people began to loose their savings. Because of the stock market crash many people from all classes stopped purchasing items. This led to a reduction in item production and a decrease in the workforce. Due to bussiness failings, the government created a tariff that protected companies in which created a high taxe charging in imports causing the decrease of trade with foreign countries. The result of the great depression were immense across the globe

After 1927, consumer spending declined and housing construction slowed. Inventories piled up, and in1928 and 1929 manufacturers began to cut back on production and lay off workers. Reduced income and buying power in turn reinforced the downturn. By the summer of 1929 the economy was clearly in a recession. Although the stock market crash and its immediate consequences contributed to the Great Depression, longstanding weakness in the American economy accounted for its length and severity. Agriculture, in particular, had never recovered from the recession of 1920-1921. Farmers faced high fixed costs for equipment and mortgages incurred during the high inflationary war years. At the same time prices fell because of overproduction, forcing farmers to default on mortgage payments and risk foreclosure. Because farmers accounted for about one-forth of the nations gainfully employed workers in 1929, their difficulties weakened the general economic structure. Other industries also had experienced economic setbacks during the prosperous 1920s. The older industries such as textiles, mining, lumbering, and shipping faltered, newer and more successful consumer- based industries, such as chemicals, appliances, and food processing, proved not yet strong enough to lead the way to recovery.

Within 10 years of the rubber industries decline, the top economic boom and most self-sustaining boom for the country began. In the 1930s industrialization took over as the major economic force of the nation. As agricultural resources were no longer able to sustain a totally rural existence, the draw of jobs within factories in the cities brought many new employment opportunities for farmhands who were left out of work. The industrialization of Brazil and it’s abilities to mass produce items rather than just raw materials changed the face of the Brazilian economy. The boom continues today with the ability to change farming practices with mechanized equipment, Brazil has been one of the top food exporters in the