7.1.2

Causes and Consequences of the Great Depression =7.1.2 Need to Reed= Explain and evaluate the multiple causes and consequences of the Great Depression by analyzing:
 * the political, economic, environmental, and social causes of the Great Depression including ﬁscal policy, overproduction, under consumption, and speculation, the 1929 crash, and the Dust Bowl
 * the economic and social toll of the Great Depression, including unemployment and environmental conditions that affected farmers, industrial workers and families
 * Hoover’s policies and their impact (e.g., Reconstruction Finance Corporation)

=Learning Activity= Using the two sections from the 7.1.2 Need to Reed, download and complete the [|7.1.2 Worksheet.pages] document. This worksheet will help you organize the content from those sections into //Causes// and //Consequences//, which from the expectation above, is what we are asked to be analyzing.

Begin by reading "[|The Economy of the 1920s]". This will help you understand the multiple causes of the Great Depression which are organized into political, economic and environmental causes on the worksheet.

Then read "[|Hoover and the Crash]". As you do, be mindful of the consequences of the Great Depression, which are organized into the economic toll (how it affected the economy) and the social toll (how it affected people).