1929 American History
By: Jonathan Corcoran
Stock Market Crash of 1929
In 1929, Black Tuesday hit wall street and investors traded 16million shares to the N.Y. stock exchange in one day! After they gave their shares that's when the Great Depression came in. The industrial world sailed downward into the Great Depression, which was the longest lasting economic downturn for the history of the Western. The stock market upper went rapid expansion grabbing for its peek in August 1929.
SSH5: The student will explain how the Great Depression and the New Deal affected the lives of Americans
E.Q. How did the boom times of post WW1 America lead to bust times of the great Depression?
The New Deal
Started by Organization
1 The New Deal 1 Tennessee Valley Authority: People in the New Deal built
2 The New Deal dams on the Tennessee river.
3 The New Deal 2 Work Pays America aka: WPA: WPA gave over 2mill to people in need
3 Social Security: 3 This provided money for many people over 65
The Soup Kitchen Cause and Effect
in the late 1929s only 4 mill people were left with money. The Great Depression caused this to happen. the soup kitchen was made by the New Deal it gave money to mills. of people. The soup kitchen gave food to the poor so they would not starve!!
ELACC5L1: Conventions of the standard English.
E.Q.: How did the boom times of the post WW1lead to bust times of The Great Depression.