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[[File:Unemployed_men_queued_outside_a_depression_soup_kitchen_opened_in_Chicago_by_Al_Capone,_02-1931_-_NARA_-_541927.jpg|thumbnail|left|250px300px|Unemployed Men waiting in line for doughnuts and coffee during the Great Depression]]__NOTOC__
The Great Depression of the 1930s was a global event that derived in part from developments in the United States and U.S. financial policies. As it lingered through the decade, it influenced U.S. foreign policies in such a way that the United States Government became even more isolationist.