Great Depression in the United States

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

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	economic crisis
gptkbp:affects	gptkb:African-American gptkb:women farmers immigrants industrial workers
gptkbp:cause	gptkb:drought_(Dust_Bowl) gptkb:stock_market_crash_of_1929 bank failures reduction in consumer spending
gptkbp:currency	gptkb:US_dollar
gptkbp:currencyPolicy	abandonment of gold standard
gptkbp:effect	homelessness bank closures mass unemployment decline in industrial output widespread poverty
gptkbp:endDate	late 1930s
gptkbp:GDP	about 30%
gptkbp:governmentProgram	gptkb:Civilian_Conservation_Corps gptkb:Federal_Deposit_Insurance_Corporation gptkb:Public_Works_Administration gptkb:Tennessee_Valley_Authority gptkb:Works_Progress_Administration
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	major turning point in US economic policy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Great Depression in the United States
gptkbp:legislature	gptkb:Agricultural_Adjustment_Act gptkb:Glass-Steagall_Act gptkb:National_Industrial_Recovery_Act gptkb:Social_Security_Act gptkb:Emergency_Banking_Act
gptkbp:location	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:New_Deal gptkb:Bonus_Army_March Dust Bowl
gptkbp:notableFigure	gptkb:Eleanor_Roosevelt gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt gptkb:Herbert_Hoover gptkb:John_Maynard_Keynes gptkb:Dorothea_Lange
gptkbp:photographicDocumentation	gptkb:Migrant_Mother
gptkbp:presidentDuringTerm	gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt gptkb:Herbert_Hoover
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:World_War_II gptkb:Great_Depression_(global)
gptkbp:restored	World War II mobilization
gptkbp:startDate	1929
gptkbp:stockMarketDecline	about 90%
gptkbp:unemploymentRate	about 25%
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Wall_Street_Crash
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6