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The Great Depression

By: Ph'Leigha C
Mississippi, Grade: 6

The Great Depression was a time in which the United States was at an economic battle. Immediately after the 1920's, also known as, The Roaring Twenties, the was a decrease in our financial systems. Rich people were forced to abandon their homes and live in ragged apartments, called tenements. It was a very bad era for our nation. President Franklin D. Roosevelt helped the United States rid their economic problems. He began to create organizations to help aid the people of america.
 

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