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Date
CHAPTER
14
GUIDED READING
The Nation’s Sick Economy
Section 1
A. As you read this section, take notes to describe the serious problems in each area
of the economy that helped cause the Great Depression.
1. Industry
4. Distribution of wealth
5. Stock market
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3. Consumer spending
2. Agriculture
B. On the back of this paper, explain or define each of the following:
Alfred E. Smith
Black Tuesday
Dow Jones Industrial Average
Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act
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