The Nation’s Sick Economy Causes of the Great Depression.
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The Nation’s Sick Economy
Causes of the Great Depression
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Learning Target: • I can explain the intersecting causes of
the late 1920s economic collapse.
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6 Causes of the Great Depression
1. Republican Economic Policies— “Trickle-down economics”- Tax cuts for the wealthy and businesses they in turn would invest in the economy.
Raised taxes on middle class and cut spending
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• Wealth did not trickle-down—companies invested in technology that cut jobs
• Owners kept workers pay low• Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act—tax on
imported goods—European nations (in retaliation) placed a tariff on American goods. International trade came to a standstill.
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2. Stock Speculation
• Throughout the 20s people bought stocks. This is not normally a problem. But they were engaging in speculation—buying stocks with the hopes of a quick profit.
• Buying on the Margin—paying a small % of a stock’s price as a down payment & borrowing the rest.
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3. Stock Market Crash
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• In 1929 many investors began selling their stocks
• As investors began withdrawing from the market, stock prices started to fall.
• By Oct 1929 stock prices bottomed out—Black Tuesday—in a few hours people lost fortunes.
• Ex. Someone who had made $22 million in one day, lost $15 mill on Black Tuesday.
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4. Unregulated Banks• Stock market crash triggered a collapse of the
banking industry• Easy credit—Bankers had also invested in the
stock market with client’s $• Run on the Banks-people began to panic and
removed their money from the banksMost couldn’t get their $ because the banks had speculated in the stock market.Millions of people lost all their savings
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5. Decline in Farming
• Farmers had been experiencing the Depression since 1919.
• Farmers had borrowed money for new machines and more land.
• As Depression hit they couldn’t repay loans• Farms were foreclosed on• DUST BOWL hits
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6. Unequal Distribution of Wealth
• Gap between Rich and Poor—rich got richer and the poor got poorer
• This hurts the economy
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Depression Indicators
• Get a textbook.• Turn to page 470.• Examine the graphs• Answer the Skillbuilder 1 & 2
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Depression Indicators
• Get a textbook.• Turn to page 470.• Examine the graphs• Answer the Skillbuilder 1 & 2