Final Answer:
Causes of the Great Depression:
1. Stock Market Crash
2. Decline in trade
3. Bank and Business failures
4. High farmer debt
Characteristics of the Depression:
1. High unemployment
2. Hunger and Homelessness
3. More goods than buyers
4. High consumer debt
Characteristics of the New Deal:
1. Greater influence of federal government
2. Reforms for how the economy works
3. Recovery for agriculture and business
4. Long-term government programs
Long Term Effects of the Great Depression:
1. Relief for the hungry and jobless
2. More presidential power
3. Debate over deficit spending
4. Reforms for how the economy works
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