THE GREAT

DEPRESSION OF
1929

BY:-
Harshit (091/2018)
Reetayan (092/2018)
Prateek (093/2018)
Ravi (094/2018)
Kunal (095/2018)
Ayushi (096/2018)
 • It was the worst economic downturn in
the history of industrialized world
• It began in 1929 due to stock market
crash and lasted till 1939
• The stock market crash sent wall street
THE GREAT into panic and wiped out millions of
investors
DEPRESSION • In 1933, the depression reached its
lowest point
• By this time, nearly 15 million people
were unemployed and about half the
banks in USA had failed
 Stock Market Crash
of 1929

Banks Failure

Decline of
CAUSES OF International Trade

THE GREAT Overproduction of

Agricultural Goods
DEPRESSION
Overproduction of
Industrial Goods

Decline of Farming
Industry

Unequal Distribution
of Wealth