Many farmers borrowed money from banks using the equity in their property and equipment. Many of these loans were designed to cash in on the expansion of demand in the market. The Great Depression caused the markets to collapse and the banks foreclosed on the property for unpaid debt.
Many farmers borrowed money from the bank to buy equipment so when the depression started they could not pay back the money causing the banks to take the land.
The British Labour Party grew out of the trade union movement of the late 19th century and surpassed the Liberal Party as the main opposition to the Conservatives in the early 1920s
The destruction of Carthage was an act of Roman aggression prompted as much by motives of revenge for earlier wars as by greed for the rich farming lands around the city. The Carthaginian defeat was total and absolute, instilling fear and horror into Rome's enemies and allies.
