Submitted by beefpower11 on December 4, 2007

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The high unemployment rates of the 1930s made those who had jobs both thankful that they had jobs and fearful that they could lose them. Those who could not find jobs often took to the roads--thousands of men regularly rode the rails. The numbers in skid rows increased greatly, and other homeless set up homes in shantytowns throughout the nation that became known as "Hoovervilles." Because the Depression caused so much suffering, it is not surprising that it caused major changes in the political structure in the United States. Finally, the Depression was more than an American affair. Many other nations, though not all, experienced a similar decline, though the severity and timing...

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