There were many causes and effects of the Great Depression. One main cause was the stock market crashing. On October 29, 1924 or Black Tuesday, 16.4 million shares of stock were sold. On November 13, 1929 the Dow Jones had fallen from a high 381 to 198.7. The crash of the stock market affected millions. American factories began to close, Thousands of workers lost jobs or received a cut in pay. The Ford Motor factory in Detroit, Michigan, one of the largest Ford factories in America, closed down. Banks in America closed down because they i

During the Great Depression millions of Americans were very upset and angry. The Great Depression was also a time for rebuilding time for America. There were many Causes and Effects of the Great Depression. Movies, Radio, and dust storms were very big topics during the Great Depression.

nvested peoples money into the stock market and when it crashed people wanted their money and the banks just ran out. The Great Depression was also felt in foreign countries. France and England could not afford to pay back their war debts from World War I. The United States congress made import taxes to high which made it difficult for European nations to sell goods to the United Sates. The two main causes of the great depression were over speculation, during the 1920's the stocks were bought with borrowed money, which made the stock market unsteady.

Farm production decreased during the Great Dep

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