The Causes of the

Great Depression
Do Now:
The index of New York Stock
Prices represents changes to
the average prices of stocks.
1. Describe the five main
trends that appear on
this graph, and the years
4 minutes that these occur
between.
2. What can you infer from
this graph about when
the worst of the Great
Depression was?
The Causes of the Great
Depression
Learning Goals
• I can explain why the Stock Market crashed in 1929;
• I can explain how the Stock Market Crash resulted in a series of events
that led to the Great Depression.

New Terms:
• Stock of a corporation, is all of the shares into which ownership of the
corporation is divided. In American English, the shares are collectively
known as "stock".
• Speculation is the anticipation of future price movement based on a
belief the market has inaccurately priced the stock.
 1. What do you think Coolidge
means when he states ‘the chief
Do Now business of the American people
is business’?

2. Which words of Coolidge suggest

that a free market economy is
natural for Americans?

Do Now
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Cheyenne Jack B
Amrei
Grace
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Monique
of the Great Ruby
Leland
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Kirbyeach source:
Marcella Vanessa
• Identify theJade
explicit meanings for each source – how

Depression
was this a cause of the Great Depression?
• Identify the implicit meanings for each source how was
this a cause of the Great Depression?
• Identify any contextual information – what is critical
context to understand this cause of the Great
Depression.
• Identify any corroboration/links to other sources – how
are these causes of the Great Depression interrelated?
• Sources are in your Online textbook.
 Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4
Audrey Karrie Amrei Jack V
Cheyenne Jack B Grace Monique
The Causes of the Great Depression Ruby
Leland
Kirby Marcella
Jade
Vanessa

Cause of the Great Depression Key Information

Expansion of debt and credit.

Banking failure

Over-production in agriculture

Federal taxes and tariffs

Speculation
The Spiral To Depression
Put the following events on the spiral in the correct order:

Unsold products
Loss of revenue for the US government
Further reductions in production numbers
Banks call for payment of goods bought on credit.
Fall in amount of money received for goods
Reduced amount of people working
Over-production in the US
Depression affecting capitalist world
The Spiral To Depression
Put the following events on the spiral in the correct order:

Unsold products
Loss of revenue for the US government
Further reductions in production numbers
Banks call for payment of goods bought on credit.
Fall in amount of money received for goods
Reduced amount of people working
Over-production in the US
Depression affecting capitalist world
The Causes and Effects of
the Great Depression
• Create a flow chart that depicts the
events that explain the causes and effects
of the Great Depression.
3, 2, 1 +1
Draw a right-hand margin on a piece of paper. Label the margin “Plus
1.”

Individually, record: +1
3 – Key points of information from today.
2 – Key ideas from the unit so far.
1 – Word that best describes American society at this time.
Learning Goals
• I can explain why the Stock Market crashed in 1929;
• I can explain how the Stock Market Crash resulted in a series of events
that led to the Great Depression.

New Terms:
• Stock of a corporation, is all of the shares into which ownership of the
corporation is divided. In American English, the shares are collectively
known as "stock".
• Speculation is the anticipation of future price movement based on a
belief the market has inaccurately priced the stock.