USA HISTORY

THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940

THE GREAT DEPRESSION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Most historians identify the beginning of the Great Depression as
A
the 1929 Stock Market Crash
B
the passage of the 21st Amendment
C
the beginning of prohibition
D
The Treaty of Versailles
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in US history. It began in 1929 and did not abate until the end of the 1930s. The stock market crash of October 1929 signaled the beginning of the Great Depression. By 1933, unemployment was at 25 percent and more than 5, 000 banks had gone out of business.

Detailed explanation-2: -stock market crash of 1929, also called the Great Crash, a sharp decline in U.S. stock market values in 1929 that contributed to the Great Depression of the 1930s. The Great Depression lasted approximately 10 years and affected both industrialized and nonindustrialized countries in many parts of the world.

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