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List and briefly summarize the causes of the Great Depression and the effects the human experience.

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Causes:

The stock market crash of 1929. During the 1920s the U.S. stock market underwent a historic expansion.

Banking panics and monetary contraction.

The gold standard.

Decreased international lending and tariffs.

Effects:

A third of all banks failed.

Unemployment rose to 25%, and homelessness increased.

Housing prices plummeted 67%, international trade collapsed by 65%, and deflation soared above 10%.

34 It took 25 years for the stock market to recover.

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