Causes of the Great Depression PowerPoint Presentation

PowerPoint presentation: 16 slides

Objective: To examine the causes of the Great Depression.

Key Terms and People:

Stock Market Crash

Black Tuesday

Dow Jones Industrial Average

Philanthropist

Buying on Margin

Foreclosure

Multimedia:

Video – 1929 Stock Market Crash (9:31)

Audio – “I’m in the Market for You”

Audio – “How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?”

Video – Bruce Springsteen performing an updated version of “How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?” after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2006.