Mini-Investigation Research Final Draft

A. Plan of the investigation
1. American companies were facing bankruptcy during the Great.
2. Did economic bad times in the Great Depression cause companies to dropout?
3. Because of the Great Depression, many American companies were facing bankruptcy and might dropout. This topic will show people what was happening for American companies during the Great Depression and what happened to people in lower classes.
4. In this investigation, I used Wikipedia and some Google websites to search for my topic. Wikipedia should be focused on information about population of the lower classes in 1929 to 1939. Google websites should be focused on numbers of companies (ex: banks) during the Great Depression.

B. Summary of evidence
a In 1929, there were 25,568 banks than were in operation. In 1933, the number of banks had dropped from 25,568 to 14,771. The Great Depression had a huge effect to many banks.
b During the Great Depression the lower class rate in America became the highest in the nation's history, and the unemployment at nearly 25 percent during the 1930s.(increased lower class population)
2. MLA
a.Carr, Nicholas. "Great Depression." Britannica Online Encyclopedia. N.p., 2009. Web. 27 Nov. 2009. .
b. Wikipedia. "Great Depression." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc, 2009. Web.
27 Nov. 2009. .
c.Nelson, Cary. "the Depression in the United States." The Modern United States Poetry., 2009.
Web. 27 Nov. 2009. .

C. Evaluation of Sources
Carr, Nicholas. "Great Depression." Britannica Online Encyclopedia. N.p., 2009. Web. 27 Nov. 2009. . The publisher of this fact is Nicholas Carr. He published this information in the Britannica Online Encyclopedia at the year of 2009. Nicholas Carr has written this information by gathering secondary sources because he was not there when the Great Depression happened. People around the world from different ages who are interested in economy are people he intended to get his messenger. Also, his purpose is to share information about what was happened to companies and people during the Great Depression. The value of this source is really good because Nicolas Carr has included charts and some other websites that he used. This will strongly support his information for people to read. Some limitation is that even though there are many people that show similar sources, but it might be wrong information that government recorded it wrong. Nicolas Carr and other publishers were not there during the Great Depression, so the statistic might be wrong.

D Analysis
Banks are one of the important companies in every country, including the United States. If the banks were closed, there won’t be enough money for companies to borrow and investigate more products. Also, the unemployment rate during the great depression had rose to 25 % (the highest) Therefore, the more people were unemployed the more people who were live in lower class. Based on the facts in part B, they aren’t enough to answer my question. It is because I didn’t find the exact answer for my question, which is “Did economic bad times cause companies to dropout?” Part B shows some facts that tell us what happened during the Great Depression. It is known that the facts in part B may also be open to different interpretations because in part B, the numbers of banks might be actually talking about some states of the America, not including all of the states. It might also be actually talking the unemployment of the Japanese-American or African-American during the Great Depression.

Mini Investigation - Rough Draft

A. Plan of the investigation
1. The Great Depression cause companies to dropout and threaten the democracy.
2. Did economic bad times in the Great Depression cause companies to dropout and threaten the democracy?
3. I chose the topic because people can know that how the companies and democracy was affected by the Great Depression.
4. In this investigation I found three different sources that I sought for information.
a The % of banks during 1929 and 1933
b The % of increased of lower classes population in 1929 and 1939
c Products that companies made during 1929 to 1939
B. Summary of evidence
1. Sources for investigation
a In 1929, there were 25,568 banks than were in operation. In 1933, the number of banks had dropped from 25,568 to 14,771. The Great Depression had a huge effect to many banks.
b During the Great Depression the lower class rate in America became the highest in the nation's history, and the unemployment at nearly 25 percent during the 1930s.(increased lower class population)
c During the Great Depression, the producing rate of production had decreased, so it shows that some companies had dropout.
2. APA
a Lawrencekhoo, (2009, September 8). Great Depression. Retrieved 7 November 2009, from Wikipedia website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_GDP_10-60.jpgEvaluation of sources
b Great Depression. (2009). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved November 07, 2009, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/243118/Great-Depression
c Wilkison. (2009). The Great Depression and New Deal, 1929-1940s. Retrieved November 07, 2009, from United States History, 1877-: http://iws.ccccd.edu/kwilkison/Online1302home/20th%20Century/DepressionNewDeal.html
d Cary Nelson. (2009). the Depression in the United States. Retrieved November 07, 2009, from The Modern United States Poetry: http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/overview.htm
C. Evaluation of Sources
1. the producing rate of production had decreased
2. OPVL
a Origin of the great depression was cause by the overproduction of the companies.
b Purpose for this investigation is to help people understand how the companies and people were affetced during the Great Depression.
c Valu of this investigation is that people will learn not to overproduce different product, otherwise the Great Deoression will occur again.
d Limitation of this investigation is that the charts for each fact can not show the exact statistic for every single question.
D. Analysis
1. Banks are the pumping stations or hearts of the capitalist organism. If the banks were closed, there won’t be enough money for companies to borrow and investigate more products.
The Depression's impact on the economy
1929 1933
Banks in operation 25,568 14,771
Prime interest rate 5.03% 0.63%
Volume of stocks sold (NYSE) 1.1 B 0.65 B
Privately earned income $45.5B $23.9B
Personal and corporate savings $15.3B $2.3B
The chart below shows the production rate. It went from really high to extremely low. In the other way, it has shows that the companies during the great depression had a huge affect during that time.


The chart below shows the unemployment rate during the great depression had rose to 25 % (the highest) However, the more people were unemployed the more people who were live in lower class.


2. Some facts in part B are not enough to provide a complete and final answer to my question because I can not find the exact statistic for those answers. On the other hand, some of the facts are useful. These facts tell some detail of the investigation, which people are questioned. It leads people to understand more how the companies and people were affected by the Great Depression. Also, I use chart to represent each fact that will help us easily understand what it is talking about.
3. These facts from Part B may be open to different interpretations. For example, the unemployment rate had risen because the companies were dropping out, so they had to fire people.

Mini-Investigation Research

1.The % of banks during 1929 and 1933
2.The % of increased of lower classes population in 1929 and 1939
3.product that companies made during 1929 t 1939

ITEM#1 In 1929, there were 25,568 banks than were in operation. In 1933, the number of banks had dropped from 25,568 to 14,771. The Great Depression had a huge effect to many banks.

ITEM#2 During the Great Depression the lower class rate in America became the highest in the nation's history, and the unemployment at nearly 25 percent during the 1930s.(increased lower calss population)

ITEM#3 During the Great Depression, the producing rate of production had decreased, so it shows that some companies had dropout. The picture shows that the products that are produced had dropped.

WISH LIST

Econimic bad times in the Great Depression cause companies to dropout and will they threaten the the democracy?

1.What is the % of companies who dropout in 1929 and 1939?
2.Why would the companies dropout?
3.What happened to the civilians after the companies dropout?
4.Did the companies want to desroy the democracy?
5.Is there any economic inequality between companies and democracy?
6.what is the % of increased of lower classes population in 1929 and 1939?

US History Question 3

Economic bad times in Great Depression cause companies to dropout and threaten the democracy?

US History Question 2

People are losing money and not being able to buy things, will compnies threaten the government?

US History Question

What should the US government do, in order to prevent future economic distress?