Mrs. Metzker
Engilsh 8B
11 April 2016
IEP: 3 Paragraph Accommodation
The Great Depression
The Great Depression started from 1929 to 1941. The Great Depression was caused by Black Tuesday. On Tuesday, October 29, 1929 the stock market crashed. The people lost more than $40 billion dollars and the stock market began to regain some of its losses, but it didn't go back up like it was. When the stock market crashed, the banks closed down and the stock market crashed. The people lost more than $40 billion dollars and throughout the 1930s and over 9,000 banks failed.
The banks closed because the people took all of the money