Friday JAn 13th

1. Causes of the Stock Market Crash-1929-stock prices were over value.-people started to sell their stocks, so others started and the price went down.-buy now, pay later-buying margin, buying stock on credit. demand in stocks went up, so prices went up.-overspeculation during the 1920's-overproductions of goods-uneven distribution of wealth-too much barrowing from banks,-lack of gov regulation,-federal reserve increased interset rates.*effects-investors and businesses lose a million money-thousands of banks fail-davings are wiped out-businesses cut production-lay off workers, no work went up-unemployment rises-people quit spending money-great depression sets in-depession spreads to europe and other parts of the world2. Causes of the Great Depression-overproduction of goods, companys are making way to much money, and making to many things-underconsumption of goods by consumers-agricultural slump due to overproduction, made to much money , farmed to many crops-high protective tariff polictes of the 1920's-taxes benefiiting the rich-rich got richer, poor get pooer-stock marker crash* effects- new deal programs start-makes the us gov much larger-deficit spending starts- The new deal creates many organizations that are still around today-social sercurity-fascist, milliatry and communist dicators come to power throughout the worldthe vicious cycle of the great depression-companies loss money so they lay people off-unemployment rate goes up and less people but goods as income has dropped-companies profite fall so they have to lay more people off ot cose cycle repeats itselfPlus one of these topics:1. 1928 Election(466)2. Stock Market in the 1920's(466-468)part of a company--dow jones:one of several stock market indicatiors by Charls Dow-way to guege prformance of stock market- it was a dangous place3. Story of the stock market crash-not the causes(467-469)-stoct market bad few bad days here-people were scaryed they were gonna lose everything.- brought us steal richrad whittany, bought steal way over what they were asking, and it helped the prices over way more-in 2 days the prices went down about onefourth the price it was before.-4. Banks and business' collapse(469)-stock prices were going up so they wanted to sell their stocks, and take their money out of the banks and after awhile the banks had to close because the people were taking all the money out of the bank-5. Effect stock market crash had on other countries(469-471)6. Depression in the cities(472-473)7. Depression in the rural areas(473)8. Dust Bowl(474)9. Men in the Streets(475)10. Women struggle to survive(475-476)11. Children suffer hardships(476)12. Social and psychological effects(477)13. Hoover's background14. Hoover's philosophy/Cautious steps(479)15. Boulder Dam(480)16. Democrats win 1930 Congressional elections(480)17. Hoover takes action(481)18. Bonus Army(482-483)
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