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75 percent of American families were broke with no money and couldn't afford to buy food, didn't have any electricity, and were so overwhelmed because this tragic event. The banks had closed because of the Stock Market Crash because the stocks were starting to get low instead of going higher and this was also caused by The Great Depression.

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