As consumer confidence vanished in the wake of the stock market crash, the downturn in spending and investment led factories and other businesses to slow down production and begin firing their workers. For those who were lucky enough to remain employed, wages fell and buying power decreased.
Many Americans forced to buy on credit fell into debt, and the number of foreclosures and repossessions climbed steadily. The global adherence to the gold standard, which joined countries around the world in a fixed currency exchange, helped spread economic woes from the United States throughout the world, especially Europe.
East Germany built the Berlin Wall to put a permanent stop for the
people to go or get access to the West. This happened during the Cold War when
West Berlin was considered a getaway place for people who want to escape the
rule of communism and flee into democracy that it supported.
The United States intended the Medicine Lodge treaties to remove Indians from the path of American expansion, thereby avoiding costly wars. The articles of the treaties defined reservation boundaries, the Indian agent's role, and the government's obligations to the tribes.
