Great Depression

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economic depression financial crisis historical event

The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic downturn during the 1930s that led to massive unemployment, bank failures, and profound social and political change.

Aliases (8)

Great Depression era ×13
Great Depression in the United States ×8
Great Depression era United States ×2
Great Depression era in the United States ×1
Great Depression in Germany ×1
Great Depression in the United Kingdom ×1
Great Slump ×1
The Great Depression ×1

Statements (97)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	economic depression → financial crisis → historical event →
alsoKnownAs	Great Slump →
cause	1929 Wall Street Crash → banking crises → collapse of international trade → deflationary monetary policy → gold standard constraints → overproduction in industry and agriculture → stock market speculation bubble → unequal income distribution →
effect	bank failures → business bankruptcies → changes in macroeconomic theory → collapse of world trade → decline in birth rates → decline in international investment → deflation → expansion of welfare state policies → falling industrial output → farm foreclosures → growth of Keynesian economics → homelessness → mass unemployment → political instability → rise of extremist political movements → social unrest → strengthening of government economic regulation → widespread poverty →
fieldOfStudy	economic history → macroeconomics → political history →
followedBy	World War II economic mobilization →
hasConsequence	changes in labor laws → creation of deposit insurance in several countries → development of macroeconomic stabilization policies → expansion of central bank roles → growth of social safety nets → increased government intervention in economy → influence on creation of International Monetary Fund → influence on creation of World Bank → influence on economic policy during later recessions → influence on postwar Bretton Woods system → reform of banking systems → rise of welfare capitalism → shift in political alignments in United States → strengthening of labor unions →
hasEndTime	early 1940s → late 1930s →
hasKeyEvent	Banking Act of 1933 → Dust Bowl → First New Deal → Glass–Steagall Act → London Economic Conference → New Deal → Ottawa Agreements → Reconstruction Finance Corporation creation → Second New Deal → Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act → Social Security Act of 1935 → U.S. Securities Act of 1933 → U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934 → Wagner Act → abandonment of gold standard by United Kingdom → abandonment of gold standard by United States → bank holiday of 1933 → creation of Securities and Exchange Commission → currency devaluations → establishment of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation → formation of Popular Front governments in Europe → rise of Nazi Party in Germany → rise of protectionist trade policies →
hasKeyFigure	Adolf Hitler → Benito Mussolini → Franklin D. Roosevelt → Herbert Hoover → John Maynard Keynes → Winston Churchill →
hasLocation	Australia → Canada → France → Germany → Latin America → United Kingdom → worldwide →
hasMainLocation	United States →
hasNotableAspect	Hoovervilles shantytowns in United States → breadlines and soup kitchens → collapse of commodity prices → cultural depictions in literature and film → migration from rural to urban areas → sharp decline in GDP → unemployment rates above 20 percent in many countries →
hasStartTime	1929 →
precededBy	Roaring Twenties →
timePeriod	1930s →

Referenced by (193)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
74th United States Congress → 75th United States Congress → Administrator of the Works Progress Administration → Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 → Agricultural Adjustment Administration → Banking Act of 1935 → Civilian Conservation Corps → Civilian Conservation Corps → Committee on Economic Security → Emergency Relief Act of 1933 → Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 → Executive Order 7037 → Federal Music Project → Federal Theatre Project → Historical Records Survey → Historical Records Survey → Land Utilization Division → National Industrial Recovery Act → National Recovery Administration → National Recovery Administration → National Youth Administration → Public Works of Art Project → Rural Electrification Administration → Social Security Act of 1935 → Voodoo Macbeth →	historicalPeriod
American Regionalism ("Great Depression era") → Committee on Economic Security → Good Neighbor policy → Happy Days Are Here Again → Historical Section (photography unit) → Illinois: A Descriptive and Historical Guide ("Great Depression era") → Index of American Design → Let America Be America Again ("Great Depression era United States") → Massachusetts: A Guide to Its Places and People ("Great Depression era") → National Housing Act of 1934 → National Labour Organisation ("Great Depression in the United Kingdom") → Public Law 73-10 → Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act → Rural Electrification Act of 1936 → Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act → Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936 → The Epic of America ("Great Depression era") → The Transitional Program → Title IX of the Social Security Act → U.S. Securities Act of 1933 → Wheeler-Rayburn Act →	historicalContext
1932 Summer Olympics → An Hour Before Daylight → Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 → Cannery Row → Congress of Industrial Organizations → Federal Emergency Relief Administration → Federal Writers’ Project → Henry Alsberg → Jim Casy → Public Works Administration → Public Works Administration → Public Works Administration → Regionalism (art movement) ("Great Depression era") → Resettlement Administration → Section of Painting and Sculpture → Wagner–Steagall Act ("Great Depression era") → Works Progress Administration →	timePeriod
Bonnie and Clyde → Carnivàle → Ma Joad → Meet John Doe ("Great Depression era United States") → Modern Times → Mr. Deeds Goes to Town → Of Mice and Men → The Blind Assassin → The Grapes of Wrath → The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter → To Have and Have Not →	setInPeriod
An Hour Before Daylight ("Great Depression in the United States") → Civil Works Administration → Farm Security Administration photographers ("Great Depression in the United States") → Federal Emergency Relief Administration → Federal Emergency Relief Administration ("Great Depression in the United States") → Historical Section (photography unit) ("Great Depression in the United States") → New Deal →	mainSubject
Emergency Conservation Work Act of 1933 → Farm Credit Act of 1933 → Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933 → National Industrial Recovery Act → Revenue Act of 1935 →	enactedDuring
Alvin Karpis → Coit Tower → Group Theatre → Hugh S. Johnson → Roosevelt’s Little White House →	era
Death of a Salesman → Employment Act of 1946 → Interwar architecture → Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 →	influencedBy
Federal Project Number One → Federal Theatre Project → Hundred Days (FDR) → United States Maritime Commission →	locatedInTimePeriod
Gold Diggers of 1933 → Joad family → Rose of Sharon Joad →	setDuring
Atticus Finch → Brother Justin Crowe → O Brother, Where Art Thou? →	settingPeriod
Imperial Economic Conference agreements → New Deal → Revenue Act of 1934 →	temporalContext
John Ferrell → John Vachon →	activeDuring
National Recovery Administration → Pa Joad →	affectedBy
500 Fifth Avenue → Story Bridge →	builtDuring
1932 United States presidential election → Glass–Steagall Act →	context
Hollywood Golden Age → Prohibition era in the United States →	economicContext
Roaring Twenties → Wall Street Crash of 1929 →	followedBy
Bonneville Dam → Indian Reorganization Act →	historicalEra
Franklin D. Roosevelt → William Lyon Mackenzie King →	ledDuring
AAA → Works Progress Administration →	operatedDuring
72nd United States Congress ("Great Depression era") → Dirty Thirties →	partOf
Emergency Banking Act → Gold Reserve Act →	passedDuring
Public Enemies → The Cradle Will Rock ("Great Depression era") →	settingTime
Mary Poppins Returns → Road to Perdition →	settingTimePeriod
Roosevelt administration → Weimar Republic →	significantEvent
One-Third of a Nation ("Great Depression in the United States") → The American Adventure →	subject
Annie → One-Third of a Nation →	timePeriodDepicted
1932 Winter Olympics → London Economic Conference →	tookPlaceDuring
DMX ("The Great Depression") →	album
Great Depression ("Great Slump") →	alsoKnownAs
A Monetary History of the United States, 1867–1960 →	analyzesEvent
Fifth Party System in United States politics →	associatedWithEvent
Roosevelt’s Tree Army →	associatedWithPeriod
Tom Joad →	basedInPeriod
Glass–Steagall Act ("Great Depression in the United States") →	category
Wall Street Crash of 1929 →	causeOf
Black Sunday (dust storm) →	chronologicallyWithin
73rd United States Congress →	convenedDuring
Carl Mydans →	coveredEvent
Home Owners' Loan Corporation →	createdDuring
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (photographs by Walker Evans) →	depictsPeriod
Keynesian economics →	developedInContextOf
Hoovervilles →	emergedDuring
Fourth Party System →	endedBy
Harlem Renaissance ("Great Depression era") →	endTime
Nazi seizure of power ("Great Depression in Germany") →	followed
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation →	foundedAfterEvent
William Green →	guidedOrganizationThrough
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (central banking functions) →	hadRoleDuring
Lausanne Conference of 1932 →	hasCause
Fireside chats on banking crisis →	hasContext
Interwar period →	hasPart
Russell Lee ("Great Depression in the United States") →	hasPhotographicSubject
National Government coalition →	inceptionReason
History of New York City →	includesPeriod
Civil Works Administration ("Great Depression in the United States") →	locatedInTime
Interwar period →	mainEconomicEvent
1932 United States presidential election →	majorIssue
Franklin D. Roosevelt →	notableEvent
1936 United States presidential election →	occursDuring
Production Code Administration →	operatedDuringPeriod
Federal Emergency Relief Administration →	operatingPeriod
German federal election, July 1932 →	politicalContext
American Guide Series →	publicationPeriod
Durant Motors →	reasonForDecline
2008 United States housing and financial crisis →	relatedTo
Cinderella Man →	setInTimePeriod
Ottawa Agreements →	signedDuring
Federal Art Project →	temporalCoverage
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money ("Great Depression era") →	timePeriodAddressed
This I Remember ("Great Depression era in the United States") →	timePeriodCovered
In Dubious Battle ("Great Depression era") →	timePeriodOfSetting
You Can't Take It with You ("Great Depression era") →	timePeriodOfWork
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum →	topic
Wall Street Crash of 1929 →	triggered
Mines Field ("Great Depression era") →	usedDuring
Lee Russell →	workPeriod
John Steinbeck →	writingTheme
My Day →	writtenDuring