Name: _____________________________
Date: ________________________________
Causes of the Great Depression
Causes of the Great
Depression
1. Laissez- Faire
2. Overproduction
3. Buying on Credit
4. Buying on Margin
Explanation
5. Tariffs
6. Drought
7. Close Ties to the
U.S.
The Stock Market Crash
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Stock Market’s had always been fluctuating throughout 1929, but on _____________________
the Market _________________.
Many assumed the Market would bounce back as the day went on.
This did not happen and by the end of the day over ____________________________worth of
stocks were lost in one day (over all of the previous years profits were gone in only a
_______________).
_________________________ of companies went __________________ and many Canadians
lost all that they had invested.
By early _____________________ , over _________________________ dollars had been lost.
By __________________________, total stock loses had exceeded the entire cost of
__________________ for Canada.
___________________________ is known as _____________________________.