Learning Objective J Explain the causes of the Great Depression and its effects on the economy. (WXT)
Learning Objective K Explain how the Great Depression and the New Deal impacted American political, social, and economic life over time. (PCE)
Classwork
American Experience: The Crash of 1929
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Classes then either continued to work on the 1920s DBQ or other selected topics.
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As we are looking at the causes of the Great Depression, here is an article that gives some surprising reasons for past economic downturns...including sick horse and dying cows