IT’S FINALS WEEK. HERE ARE MY DAUGHTER’S NOTES FOR AP HISTORY ON THE CAUSES OF THE DEPRESSION.

June 9, 2011

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§  Economic weaknesses- consumers can’t buy, inventories rose
§  Led to layoffs
§  Higher tariffs reduced world trade (Smoot-Hawley 1930)
§  Farmer’s Depression
§  Banking Crisis
·         Had to call in loans
§  Over speculation in Stock Market, crash 1929
·         Buying stock on margin
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