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  • The Stock Market Crash and The Great Depression

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    Stock market determines the health of an economy. Many people bought stocks on margin-like a loan Companies lied about their profits stock market was not regulated by government. Some investors committed suicide people who never owned a single stock lost their jobs, farms and homes triggered crisis known as the Great Depression lasted from 1929 to 1941 when America entered WWII.

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    Stock market determines the health of an economy. Many people bought stocks on margin-like a loan Companies lied about their profits stock market was not regulated by government. Some investors committed suicide people who never owned a single stock lost their jobs, farms and homes triggered crisis known as the Great Depression lasted from 1929 to 1941 when America entered WWII.

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    The Stock Market Crash and The Great Depression

    Transféré par

    Jayson
    Stock market determines the health of an economy. Many people bought stocks on margin-like a loan Companies lied about their profits stock market was not regulated by government. Some investors committed suicide people who never owned a single stock lost their jobs, farms and homes triggered crisis known as the Great Depression lasted from 1929 to 1941 when America entered WWII.

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    The Stock Market Crash and

    the Great Depression


    What is the Stock Market?
    • Place where you can
    invest in businesses
    • A stock is a “piece” of
    a business
    • Business does well:
    Value of Stock goes
    up!
    • Stock market
    determines the
    health of an economy
    Why did the market crash? (long
    term)
    • Many people bought
    stocks on margin—
    like a loan
    • Companies lied about
    their profits
    • Republican
    Presidents believed in
    laissez faire
    • Stock market was not
    regulated by
    government
    What were the effects of the
    Crash?
    • Some investors
    committed suicide
    • people who never
    owned a single
    stock lost their jobs,
    farms and homes
    • triggered crisis
    known as the Great
    Depression
    • lasted from 1929 to
    1941 when America
    entered WWII
    Unemployment 1925-1933

    14
    Unemployed (in millions)

    12
    10
    8
    6
    4
    2
    0
    1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932
    Year
    Question 1: How many people were unemployed in 1925? In
    1929? In 1932?
    Wheat Prices 1925-1933
    Price per Bushel (in

    1.5
    dollars)

    0.5

    1930
    1925
    1926
    1927
    1928
    1929

    1931
    1932
    1933
    Year

    Question 2: How much did a bushel of wheat cost in 1925? 1932?


    StockPrices 1925-1933
    Great Crash
    30
    AverageMontly Value$

    25
    20
    15
    10
    5
    0
    1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933
    Year
    Question 3: What was the average stock value in 1929? 1932?
    Number of Suspensions (in BankSuspensions 1925-1933

    5
    4
    thousands)

    3
    2
    1
    0
    1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933
    Year

    Question 4:How many banks were suspended in 1925? In 1933?

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