Topic 9: Age of Catastrophes: The Great Depression

What date was the Wall Street Crash in 1929?

What role did overproduction by the large industries play in the Great Depression?

What role did overproduction by the farmers play in the Great Depression?

What was the main cause of the Great Depression?

Explain conditions for the African Americans in the Great Depression.

Why were unemployment rates so high?

How were other countries (for example, Germany) affected by the Great Depression?

What happened to world trade because of the Great Depression?

What were conditions like in the Great Depression?

What did Herbert say of the government attempts to relieve the people of the Depression?

Explain what role the previous WWI veterans played in the Great Depression.