J. Kelly Robison

The Great Depression

  1. Beginnings of the Depression
    1. The Stock Market Crash of 1929
    2. Underlying Causes
      1. Lack of Economic Diversification
      2. Mal-Distribution of Wealth and Purchasing Power
      3. Banking System
      4. International Trade and Debt
  2. Economic Hardships
    1. Unemployment & Under-employment
    2. Conditions in the Cities
    3. Rural Conditions
    4. Strain on the Family
  3. Federal Response
    1. Hoover's Program of Optimism
    2. Reconstruction Finance Corporation
    3. American Response to Hoover
      1. The Bonus Expeditionary Force

Identification Terms:

Black Thursday Stock Market Crash margin requirements
Dust Bowl Okies Hoovervilles
Reconstruction Finance Corporation Bonus Expeditionary Force Douglas MacArthur

Study Questions:

Discuss the relationship between the Great Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression of the 1930s. Did the Great Crash cause the Great Depression?

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