Revision tip and answer preparation

Revision tip

Write a list of the factors that caused the Great Depression. Place the factors in what you consider to be their order of importance.

Answer preparation

As part of your revision, think about the arguments and facts you would use to explain:

1. Why there was a great depression in America.
2. Why the Depression of 1929 was so sudden and so severe.
3. To what extent the Wall Street Crash was the main cause of the Depression.
4. What the causes and consequences of the Wall Street Crash were.
5. How far speculation was responsible for the Wall Street Crash.
6. What impact the Crash had on the economy.
7. What life was like in the USA during the Great Depression.
8. What the effects of the Depression were on the American people.
9. What the social consequences of the Crash were.

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