RJA #2b: Research Topic–

The Great Depression of the 1930's-


1) The Topic that i chose to research is the Great Depression of the 1930's. I chose this topic because last semester in my history class we discussed it but we never really got into details about it. I know that this is a contraversial subject, like about how it started and how it ended so i thought it would be very interesting.

2) What i know about the Great Depression so far is that one of the reasons this happened was because of the Stock Market Crash in 1929. The Stock Market lost about 40 billion dollars. Also 9,000 banks had to close down due to foreclosure. The gave too many people loans. The last thing i know about this topic is that because people were loosing their jobs they stopped buying goods which then went as a slippery slope and then the farmers started loosing money and they lost 1/3 of their farm lands.

3) What i would like to learn about the Great Depression is what other issues caused the whole down fall. There are many different opinions on how it started so i would like to research everybodys opinions and see how they differ. I would like to also find out why so many banks had to close and why they didnt just stop giving so much loans out. Also i want to get the history on why the huge Stock Market crashed. I want to look at all the myths about the Depression.