Great Depression

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Great_Depression

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	economic crisis
gptkbp:category	history 20th-century economic history financial crises history of Europe
gptkbp:cause	gptkb:drought_(Dust_Bowl) gptkb:stock_market_crash_of_1929 bank failures reduction in consumer spending
gptkbp:consequence	gptkb:bank global trade political systems social welfare policies
gptkbp:currency	gptkb:US_dollar gptkb:British_pound gptkb:German_mark gptkb:French_franc
gptkbp:effect	deflation poverty homelessness mass unemployment decline in industrial production
gptkbp:endDate	1939
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:governmentResponse	New Deal programs banking reforms public works projects
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Great Depression
gptkbp:location	gptkb:United_States worldwide
gptkbp:mediaType	gptkb:Of_Mice_and_Men gptkb:The_Grapes_of_Wrath photographs by Dorothea Lange
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:New_Deal Dust Bowl bank runs rise of fascism in Europe
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt gptkb:Herbert_Hoover gptkb:John_Maynard_Keynes gptkb:Dorothea_Lange
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Roaring_Twenties
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:New_Deal gptkb:World_War_II gptkb:stock_market_crash_of_1929 Dust Bowl
gptkbp:startDate	1929
gptkbp:unemploymentRate	about 25% in the United States
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Civilian_Conservation_Corps gptkb:Fair_Labor_Standards_Act gptkb:Fireside_chats gptkb:First_Inaugural_Address_("the_only_thing_we_have_to_fear_is_fear_itself") gptkb:Glass-Steagall_Act gptkb:Herbert_Hoover gptkb:New_Deal gptkb:Social_Security_Act gptkb:Works_Progress_Administration gptkb:food
gptkbp:bfsLayer	3