Feb 4th-8th (US History)

The causes of the Great Depression-

What are the causes of the Great Depression?

Stock Market Crash

Overproduction 

Dust Bowl

Bank Failure

Stock market crash

People started investing money that they didn't have.

There was about 40 billion dollars lost

Led to Black Tuesday.

Led to many banks closing down forever.

Bank Failure

About 9,000 banks failed

Banks were using money that they didn't have

Worried people tried to get their money back.

Bad Bankig practices. 

Overproduction

All prices started to fall

This led to unemplyment

No one would by anything, so people started getting fired. 

Dust Bowl

There were bad farming methods

Light Topsoil

Aeolian Processess

Dirty 30's

The Great Depression

Crime rate was high, many people were unemployed at a rate of 24% at its highest. 

Hoovervilles were shantytowns named after the president because of the little help he did, and hoover was not a fan of this, because it made him look bad. 

The homes here were constructed from random strew stuff, which could be lumber or random garbage. 

 

 

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