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    The stock market crash of 1929 was one of the worst time periods in American history for all families from every race. Reasons the stock market crash in 1929 was due to a failure in banks, to many bad investments and many Americans who panic. The aftermath of the stock market crash Relief and reform measures enacted by the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) helped lessen the worst effects of the Great Depression; however, the U.S. economy would not fully turn around until

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    I wrote the worst book ever when the world was crashing and more people than ever before in history were committing suicide. Specifically, December 2008, banks were shutting down, the stock market had it's worst fall ever in history, everyone was losing jobs, homes, families. That month I published a book on investing. It sold 291 copies. It was the worst timing on the worst book in the worst period in recent history. I also lost my house and my wife. So one time my kids were visiting me.

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    In the 1930’s Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, New Mexico, and Colorado had sandstorms making it the worst natural disasters in America’s history. When the sandstorm was coming people would try to move west because sandstorms ruined both land and economy. The winds in a sandstorm can go from 50 to 60 miles an hour and were powerful enough to break through walls and windows. It would kill people and animals by suffocating them and it would easily destroy cars. Since farmers wouldn’t have money to pay their

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    Worst Team in the NBA The saying is, “The hips do not lie.” Well, neither do NBA statistics. Critics and fans are always arguing who the best or worst NBA teams are. Statistics are not biased, nor are they opinions. Rather, they change people’s opinions. During the 2014-15 NBA season the Philadelphia 76ers were statistically the worst team in the NBA, and they show no signs of changing that anytime soon. Also, throughout the history of the Philadelphia franchise, they have not been relatively good

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    Mr. Theisen Amarachi Marshall What was the worst decision Herbert Hoover made that negatively affected the Great Depression? Language and Literature May 4, 2017 Stocks. I read about them every day in the car to my dad because he buys the Wall Street Journal. The newspaper has some interesting topics and it’s not a chore to indulge in as sometimes other newspapers are. Currently, the DOW Jones, a huge stock, is almost 21,047 points. That 's very close to the current all time high.

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    start of one of America's worst epidemics. The Great Depression was a time in America where the economy and American lifestyle completely crashed. This depression impacted the workforce of the time greatly, causing people to lose jobs and soon go homeless. Many wealthy entrepreneurs would soon lose their jobs due to the stock market crash is also known as the start of the Great Depression. This would cause them to seek other jobs lower on the economic tower. Since these jobs would be soon taken away

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    When all the soldiers came home from the war, they were all looking for jobs. With all the factories closing that supported the war, there were almost no jobs available. Women were pushed to give up there jobs for the men coming home. When the depression hit lots of factories and businesses were closing down and many people were in loss of jobs. In the year 1933, 30% of Canadians were unemployed. Thousands of families began to leave their farms, fathers and

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    Able-bodied men who were without jobs were considered underserving and punished for poverty. Poverty was seen as a crime, individuals were forced to leave towns, jailed, and put into workhouses or “poor houses”. This however, was not the same view when it came to children and elders. These groups were considered to be deserving, therefore the crime of being poor was not applied. Fast forwarding these views of poverty, all of society experienced a collapse of economic stability. Jobs were no longer available

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    Worst Presidential Candidates in History Presidential elections determine who will lead the country for the next fours years. There will always be a winner and a loser but some candidate were remotely bad choices from the start. This has occurred with both Democratic and Republican nominees who will only be recognized for their great defeat. Some of the candidates who were clearly bad choices were George McGovern and Barry Goldwater. The first from the bunch who had no chance of winning the presidency

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    filled with fear for American because many of them could not get a job and it is very hard for them to pay for their bills. Furthermore, Bernie Sanders feels trust worth to the audience because he tries to connect to them by using words like we and to show he is a politician of the people. He is trying to serve the interests of the people that just got out of college and find it very hard to get a job in America in the current job market. Moreover, Bernie Sanders raise awareness of anger within the

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