The Great Depression was the longest and worst period of high unemployment and low business activity. It began on October 1929 when thousands of stockholders lost large sums of money. Banks, factories, and stores closed, leaving millions of Americans without a job. The Great Depression affected almost every nation and caused some nations to change their leaders. This led to the rise of the German dictator Adolph Hitler and the Japanese invasion of China. Many causes …showed first 75 words of 612 total…

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