World history/WHME102/Interwar years/The Great Depression

Reading

Crowds outside the Bank of United States in New York after its failure in 1931

Read the below article. As you do so, consider the following questions:

• What caused the Great Depression?

• How did the Depression effect the lives of ordinary people?

• What were the impacts of the Great Depression for non-Western countries?

Michael Adas, 'The story of the World Wide Great Depression and how it effected the 20th Century', One-Half Century of Crisis, 1914-1945, World History International, 1992.

Imagine you were living during the 1930s. What would your life be like? Post your thoughts on WEnotes below. For example:

• It is a daily struggle to ...

• My money ...

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