explain the main causes of the great economic depression in USA in 1929?¿
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The Great Depression was a result of many different factors. The post-war global economy was weak. Also, agricultural over-production proved to be a nuisance, which was made worse by falling food grain prices. To counter this, farmers began to increase production and bring even more produce to the markets to maintain their annual incomes. This led to such a glut of food grains that prices plummeted further and farm produce was left to rot. Most countries took loans from the US, but American overseas lenders were wary about the same. When they decreased the amount of loans, the countries economically dependent on US loans faced an acute crisis. In Europe, this led to the failure of major banks and currencies such as the British pound sterling. In a bid to protect the American economy, USA doubled import duties. This worsened the world trade scenario. All these factors contributed to the Great Depression. It affected USA the worst on account of its being a global loan provider and the biggest industrial nation.
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1. Overproduction led to the economic depression and the collapse of the American Stock Market.
2. American farmers had greatly increased their production during the war to feed their allies, but the demand fell after the war resulting in prices to fall.
3. Workers lost their jobs or were paid reduced wages.
4. American began to speculate in the stock market with borrowed money. As a result in October 1929, the New York Stock Exchange collapsed.
5. Values of shares dropped drastically. Vast fortunes were wiped out. Hundreds of American banks, factories, mining companies and business firms were bankrupt.
6. There was large scale unemployment, poverty and starvation.
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