Blog Topic #16- Anything from WWIBlog Topic #17- Anything from the 1920's or the Great Depression.Blog Project- Sarah and Jessica- Causes of the Great Depression. THREE SOURCES.The Great Depression – 1929 – March 1933:Causes:Chapter 14, Section 1 – struggling industries, housing starts fall, farming surplus, prices drop, farm foreclosures, price-supports fail, less consumer $, living on credit, uneven distribution of income, low standard of living for many, speculation, buying on margin, lack of regulation of the stock market, 1929 Oct 24th & Oct 29th (Black Tuesday), bank runs, bank closings, loss of savings, business bankruptcies, unemployment up, European depression, Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act, tariff & war debt policies, farm crisis, easy credit, unequal distribution of income, falling demand for consumer goodsChapters 9 and 10 test Dec. 1 TOMORROW!!!!!!Semester Test Questions- The semester test is 16% of the test. Blog about these questions and then have a discussion with Mr. Bruns about it.1. Students will understand the impact the Industrial Revolution had on the United States. Chapter 6 and maybe 72. Students will understand the impact immigration and urbanization had on the United States. Chapter 7 and 83. Students will understand the impact of the Progressive Era on the United States. Chapter 94. Students will understand the impact imperialism had on the United States and world. Chapter 105. Students will understand the causes for US involvement in World War I and the effects it had on the United States. Chapter 116. Students will understand the political, social and economic changes that occurred in the 1920’s in the United States. Chapter 12 and 137. Students will understand the causes and effects of the Great Depression. Chapter 14
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