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Chapter 14 Test Topics

-- Causes of the Stock Market Crash

--Causes of the Great Depression

1. 1928 Election(466)- Republican Candidate: Herbert Hoover Democratic Candidate: Al Smith

Herbert Hoover Won. Republicans had been in the White House and the eco

Ch. 14 Test Topics:
-- Causes of the Stock Market Crash

1929- stocks on market, demand for these so prices rose. buying these on credit. people never believed the stock market was going to go down. stock prices were grossly inflated, did not have real

Ch. 14 Test Topics:

-- Causes of the Stock Market Crash

-overspeculation during the 1920's.

-lead to high demand

-prices of stocks were inflated

-stocks weren't worth what they were said to be worth

-speculators are people that look for a quick buck and ar

1. Causes of the Stock Market Crash
( basically everything was bought
-buying on margins- borrowing money from brokers to buy stocks (buying stocks on credit), this brought people to the stocks
-over speculation during the 1920's- playing and selling qu

Each student will be assigned one of the following topics:

1. Causes of the Stock Market Crash :
-busimesses loose money and fail
- banks fail
- savings are wiped out
- businesses lay off workers
- unempolyment riases
- people stop spending
- great depressio

Today we took a quiz over the great depression and the stock market crash. Now we are going to continue the assigned blogs