The Great Depression - Chapter 1: The World in Debt
Reading Questions
NOTE: All questions need to be answered in your own words. Do not just copy from the text, this doesn't reveal that you understand what you are reading. You must read, understand, and then explain using your own words.
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1) What was European/world trade like before WWI?
2) What was immigration like in this time period?
3) How did immigration and economics change after WWI?
4) How was American lending crucial to world economics after WWI?
5) Why were cars so important to US economy/society?
6) How did car companies (especially Ford) lower the price of cars and also encourage people to buy them?
7) How could stocks be manipulated?
8) What started happening to loans and debt in 1928/1929?
9) What were the repercussion of Black Thursday/market fall?
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