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America from the Great Depression to World War II
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Records of the Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection, showing rural life and the negative impact.
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Bibliography for Dust Bowl and Migrant Workers
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List of articles, books, films and other resources on American migrant farm workers during the Depression.
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Internet Modern History Sourcebook: The Depression
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The Sourcebook is a collection of public domain and copy-permitted texts for introductory level classes in modern European and World history.
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New Deal Art During the Great Depression
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Information and photos of extant WPA/New Deal art, focusing on Illinois, Ohio, and California. Includes biographies, a timeline of the New Deal, and other odd bits of information.
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New Deal Network
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Educational site focused on the programs of FDR's New Deal. Sponsored by the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute and the Institute for Learning Technologies at Teachers College/Columbia University.
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Off to See the Wizard
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Essay which claims the U.S. Supreme Court seized control of the U.S. economy in the 1890s and caused the Great Depression through its mismanagement.
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The Great Crash and the Great Slump
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A study of the economics of the Great Depression by J. Bradford De Long of University of California at Berkeley.
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1930's Timeline
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Yearly table of major events in America during the Great Depression and New Deal.
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Great Myths of the Great Depression
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Critique of some established views about the Great Depression of 1929-1941 written by the economist Lawrence W. Reed.
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How the City of London Created the Great Depression
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Argues that the Great Depression was caused by the Bank of England, the British government and the City of London.
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Main Causes of the Great Depression
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A short paper on the origins of the Great Depression. Discusses economic problems and policies that led to the American economic collapse in the 1930s. Includes bibliography.
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Riding the Rails
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Book review of author Errol Lincoln Uys, including a collection of letters from 1930s train-hopping hobos.
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Stock Market Crash
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A comparison of the stock market crash of 1929 to crashes in 1987 and 2000.
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Stock Market Crash of 1929
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Information about the stock market crash and how it lead to the Great Depression. Includes chart, glossary and links.
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The Depression News - The 1930s
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Stories of Michigan labor unions and the Flint sit-down strike, Paul Honore's Natural Resources Mural, bungalows, radio, lighthouses and the Great Lakes, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs and the Civilian Conservation Corps in Michigan.
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The Depression Papers of Herbert Hoover
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Read the collection of Herbert Hoover's official papers and public statements that relate to his economic policy in the Great Depression.
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The Economic Consequences of the Peace
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The writing by John Maynard Keynes that attacked the effects of Versailles Settlement for its effects on Germany and probably contributed to a lack of resistance when Hitlerism took over Germany.
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The Gold Standard and the Great Depression
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An article by Lawrence Reed of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, arguing that the gold standard did not cause the Great Depression.
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The World Depression and its Results
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Academic article on the cause and effects of the Great Depression worldwide.
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