The+Great+Depression

The Great Depression was from 1929 to 1939. It was the worst and longest economic collapse in the history of the modern world. The great depression saw rapid declines in the production and sales of goods and a rise in unemployment rate. The great depression started with the stock market crashing and a lot of people became poor because of it. The great depression centered on North America and Europe. But The Great Depression also affected Germany, Britain, France, Canada and Australia. Cities around the world were hit hard, especially those based on heavy industry. Which are like construction and Iron processing plant. During, the great depression a lot of people died of starvation. The suicide rate increased from 14 to 17 per one hundred thousand people. The stock market crash was known by three names: the '29 crash, the Wall Street crash of 1929 and the crash of 1929. The stock market crash came during a period of declining real estate sales in America. In the days leading up to Black Thursday, which is the beginning of the stock market crash, the market was very unstable. The cost of WW1 made it harder to respond to the other major crisis. Farm income fell 50%. By 1932, a 1/4 of Americans were unemployed. The Great Depression lead to nations trying to protect their industries and products by raising tariffs on Imported goods

**The Great Depression Study guide** By: Erin Quinn, Kim Graham, Tyler Bittenmaster and Jacob Domanski

1. What was the great depression?

2. When did the great depression begin? 3. What was one case of the great depression? 4. What date did the stock market crash? 5. What was Black Thursday? 6. Besides North America and Europe, name three countries that were affected by the Great Depression.

7. When did The Great Depression end?

8. What was the suicide rate during The Great Depression? media type="custom" key="2770223" 9. How much did Farm income fall?

10. How many Americans were unemployed by 1932?

Work sites: http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Great_Depression http://www.nps.gove/archive/elro/glosery/great-depression.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/wall_street_Crash_of_1929