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The Great Depression was a time of economic failure in the United States and I am glad I did not live through it. In this period, many people lost their jobs and could not support their families. They had to beg or sleep in the streets. Many children also could not take this and ran away to seek a better life. In the months before the Depression began, Herbert Hoover was the President of the …

…depositors in insured banks, and the NRA- National Recovery Administration- Permits industry and raised wages and prices. Because of this programs, people supported Roosevelt. What was the real cause of the Depression? I think it was the people’s greediness that lead to such a tough economical time. It could have been the immaturity of the 1920s, but I say the easiest explanation is that a group of problems will lead to a greater disaster.