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Causes of the Great Depression
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Causes of the Great Depression
TASK: IDENTIFY AND EXPLAIN THE CAUSES OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION; BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC CONTENT RELATED TO EACH CAUSE.
Historians debate over the specific causes of the Great Depression. However, most historians do agree that there was more than just one cause of the Great Depression. This PowerPoint contains a brief overview of the causes of the Great Depression. You should be able to answer the questions that are contained within the PowerPoint. You should expand upon the notes that are provided.
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Causes of the Great Depression
1. Monetary Policy
2. High Tariffs and War Debt
3. Stock Market Crash and Financial Panic• Black Thursday• Black Tuesday• Run on the Banks
4. Overproduction • Industry• Agriculture
5. Unequal Distribution of Wealth
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Monetary Policy Installment Buying
Margin Buying
1929: Nearly 80% of the nation’s families had non financial cushion when the depression hit.
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High Tariffs and War Debt What is a tariff?
What is the Smoot-Hawley Tariff?
How could tariffs and war debt be a cause for the Great Depression?
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Stock Market Crash What happens if the stock
market crashes?
What happened on Black Thursday?
What happened on Black Tuesday?
Why would people run to the bank?
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Overproduction Key Term?
Overproduction in: Industry Agriculture
Why would having too much of something be bad?
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Unequal Distribution of Wealth
The nations wealth was controlled by a small # of people. The middle was shrinking. People where either rich or poor.
How could this be a bad thing?