RJA #15b: Reflection on What You Learned–

I think what i learned most in this class is just basically how to organize my papers better. I liked having blogger because we were able to put our sources on here and be able to find them. Also Starting to write our intodoctions to the papers instead of just having to start from no where. I also learned more about APA and MLA style in papers. I didnt know that citations should be in a specific format. This is what I think that i will be using in the future and in future writtings.

RJA #15a: Word Cloud-

RJA #13b: Annotated Bibliography, Part 1

1)Bierman, Jr., Harold. The Causes of the 1929 Stock Market Crash. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1992. Print.

Harold Bierman, Jr. is the Nicholas H. Noyes Professor of Buisiness Administration at the Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University. He is the author of several books.

2)Aaseng, Nathan. The Crash of 1929. San Diego California: Lucent Books, 2001. Print.

Nathan Aaseng is the author of more than 150 books, and was the 1999 recipient of the Wisconsin Library Association's Noteable Wisconsin Author Award.

3)Lange, Brenda. The Stock Market Crash of 1929. The end of prosperity. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 2007, Print.

Brenda Lange has been a journalist, author, and public relations professional for 20 years. She has written for newspapers, magazines, trade publications and had performed public relation functions. She has written 6 books for Chelsea House Publishers. She is also a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors.

4) Galbrath, John K. The Great Crash 1929. Boston: Mariner Books, 1997. Print.

This book that i found at the library showed me a very detailed description of why his thoughts of the causes of the crash where. This was a very easy read book and i founf this very resourceful and it helped me alot in my paper.

RJA #13a: Field Research Report–

On October 12th 2009 I interviewed Penn Pfiffner. We was able to share with me, what books would help me with my research and told me some key words that I would need, that would also help.
He said that one of the biggest causes that caused the stock market crash was the Central Bank that allowed money to grow rapidly, cheating malinvestments that was thought to be future income. Also because they didnt have the Federal Reserve Board set up, meaning that there was no secirity net that would have protected this crash.

RJA #12c: Introduction Check-

http://davidlholden.blogspot.com/2009/11/rja-11a-introduction.html#comments

http://zachlashley.blogspot.com/2009/11/rja-11a-introduction.html#comments

RJA #12b: Presentation Plan–

My presentation plan, is to first start off with giving some background information on the Stock Market Crash of 1929. I just want the class to have a quick introduction of what it was, if they dont know yet. Next in my presentation I am going to point out the main causes of what I think the caused of the Crash were and then I will point out the possible objection that I am then going to refute.
Lastly I included a picture and a graph of what the stock priced looked like from the roaring 20's up until when the stocks finally recovered in 1954.

RJA #12a: Progress Report–

What I have accomplished:

• Written a Formal Outline
• Finished Field Research (Interview)
• Have all my Books
• Written the Introduction to my paper

What I still need to do:

• Conduct a Survey in order to finish my Field Research
• Get the DVD
• Finish writting my paper.

Detailed Schedule for completing Research paper:

• Begin writting rough draft paper
• Get all of my information organized

RJA #11c: Thesis Statement Check-

1) http://barbaraeng1020blog.blogspot.com/2009/10/rja-10a-thesis-statement.html#comments

2)http://claytonsworld2009.blogspot.com/2009/10/rja-10a-thesis-statement.html#comments

RJA #11b: Visual Aids–

Brainstorming visual aids:
1) Graph of the Stocks from beginning of 1929-end of 1929
2) Map of the US showing which states got hit the worst with this crash.
3) Pictures of people before the crash and after the crash
4) Time line from Black Monday-Black Friday showing when the different causes occured.
5) Comparisons between the United States and Europe durning 1929.

RJA #11a: Introduction-

Many people have heard the famous saying that all good things must come to an end, and this wasnt an exception for the roaring 20's. This ending came unexpectedly when the The Stock Market Crash, also known as the Great Crash occured. When people hear this word, they think of one of the greatest causes of the Great Depression. Many people lost alot of their money and even lost their jobs. It was a terrible tragedy in the history of the United States and people hope that there will never be a Great Crash like this again.

People believe that the stock market crash of 1929 was caused by the stocks being over priced, also that there was very little margin relative to the value of the market and that there were massive frauds and illegal activity in the stocks. However, this is only the thin layer of what really caused the great crash of 1929.

Zakta Guide- Extra Credit

This is my Zakta Guide: http://zakta.com/zakta/view_1_602_2189_causes_of_1929_stock_market_crash#guide_dialog_form_anchor

RJA #10b: Argument-

Possible Objections: The Stocks were overpriced and that was the cause of the crash.
Refutation: Studies have shown that using standard measures of stock value, such as Price to Earning ratios and Price to Dividend ratios, argue that the share prices were not too high for the markets.

Possible Objections: Fraud and illegal activity in the market was the reason the crash happened.
Refutation: Some evidence revealed that there was very little actual insider trading or illegal manipulation, thus this could not be the only reason why the crash happened.

RJA #10a: Thesis Statement–

Question:
What are the causes of the 1929 stock market crash?

Claim:
Many tend to believe that the crash only happened because of the illegal acitivty and fraud in the market and that the stocks were too overpriced, this however is only the beginning of the reasons for the crash.

Reasons:

• The Federal Reserve System allowed money to grow rapidly, creating malinvestments.
• International Trade
• The Smoot-Hawley Act
• NRA(recovery act)
• New Taxes

Thesis Statement:
Many people believe that the stock market crash of 1929 was caused by the stocks being over priced, very little margin relative to the value of the market and that there were massive frauds and illegal activity in the stocks. However, this is only the thin layer of what really caused the great crash of 1929.
In this essay i will examine the causes and reveal how this crash even happened.

RJA #9: Evaluation of Sources-

Books:

1)webiste: http://aurarialibrary.worldcat.org/oclc/37693832&referer=brief_results
Title: The causes of the 1929 stock market crash
Sub Title: a speculative orgy or a new era?
Author: Harold Bierman
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press
Copyright: 1998
Series: Contributions in economics and economic history,; Number: no. 195; ISSN: 0084-9235

Evaluation: I found this book on the Auraria Library website. I was happy when i found it because it fit exactly what i was looking for, the causes. It is a newer book, or atleast is no older than about 10 years old so i liked that it was fairly recent. Im excited to get this book and see what his opinions are on the causes of the crash and see if they differ from my own.

2) Title: Rainbow’s End: The Crash of 1929
Author: Maury Klein
Print Length: 368 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (October 25, 2001)
http://www.amazon.com/Rainbows-End-Pivotal-Moments-American/dp/0195135164

Evaluation: I found this book, just by looking up Maury Klein, the guy who also wrote one of the periodical articles i found. I was just looking at what other things that he has been known for and I happened to stumble on this. The Book was called Rainbows End and its also about the Stock Market Crash. Since the article I found, seems to be very informative, Im sure that this book will also help a lot in my research.

Periodical:

1)Klein, Maury (06/01/2001). "The Stock Market Crash of 1929: A Review Article.". Business history review (0007-6805), 75 (2), p. 325.

Website: http://0-web.ebscohost.com.skyline.cudenver.edu/ehost/detail?vid=3&hid=111&sid=d736a958-9613-4218-b1aa-2940601d6c36%40replicon103&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=aph&AN=5039939

Evaluation: I really found this periodical article very interesting. I looked to see where the author, Maury Klein got his information from and I was plesently suprised that the info was from Harvard. It is sometimes very difficult to find information, and not know if it is correct or not. So I was happy to find this article.

2)Muller, Mary, "The Stock Market Crash of 1987: Causes and Effects.." Oct89, Vol. 35 Issue 14, p66-66, 1/5p.

Website:http://0-search.ebscohost.com.skyline.cudenver.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=10853415&site=ehost-live

Evaluation: I found this periodical article, actually on the SkyLine website for the Auraria Library. She gives a lot of information on the causes of the crash. She seems to really know about the crash. She also talks about the effects but i will be only pretty much reading about the causes. Again, it is just nice to read other peoples opinions on the crash because this is greatly debated and everyone sees the causes differently.

Websites:

1)http://www.amatecon.com/gd/gdcandc.html

Evaluation: This is one of my favorite websites that I found for the Stock Market Crash. In this website, they give me about 7 causes of the crash. I liked this because other sites i would find, would really only provide me aboue 2 or 3 causes so it was nice to have more opinions.

2) http://www.money-zine.com/Investing/Stocks/Stock-Market-Crash-of-1929/

Evaluation: This site, I also saw very informative. They show what happened on each of the days of the crash, like black monday and black tuesday. Then it also goes into detail about why this crash happened.

INTERNET RESEARCH PROJECT

Deepdyve.com

This is an invisible search engine website. I really liked this site because it was a really specific search option. When you entered in what you were looking for, you could refine your search by clicking the options and checking the box of where you would like to search. Like example= i would look in buisiness and finance, web and other.
If that doesnt specify your search, you can do an advanced filter. You can type in what words you want in the search and what words you dont want in it. You can also type in the author and a date. It was a really good search engine site i i will definately be using this site more often in my search for my paper.

RJA #8c: Multimedia-

Resource searched or tool used: Blinkx.com
Keywords used: causes of stock market crash + 1929
Search strategies used: Keywords
Date of search: Oct 10, 2009
Number of hits: 15,010
Relevance of hits: 5

RJA #8b: Social Media–

Resource searched or tool used: icerocket
Keywords used: Causes of the stock market crash
Search strategies used: Keywords
Date of search: Oct 10, 2009
Number of hits: 102
Relevance of hits: 2

RJA #8a: Websites-

Resource searched or tool used: incywincy
Keywords used: Stock Market Crash + Economy + causes - depression - effects
Search strategies used: Incywincy and Keywords
Date of search: Oct 10, 2009
Relevance of hits: 2

Resource searched or tool used: Meta Search
Keywords used: Stock Market Crash + Causes - effects
Search strategies used: Keywords
Date of search: Oct 10, 2009
Relevance of hits: 3

RJA #7c: Field Research Plan–

For my Field Research i plan on interviewing somebody and asking them questions about the Stock Market Crash. Im not still quite sure who i will be interviewing so when i find out, then i will be able to create questions.

Secondly for my Field Research i plan on going to the History Museum, in Denver. I will look for anything they have on the Stock Market Crash on 1929. I plan on doing all of this within the next couple of weeks.

Lastly i would like to set up a survey or poll and ask random people, "what do you think was the biggest cause to make the Stock Market Crash?" and see what other people's opinions on the matter are.

RJA #7b: Internet Research Tool Test–

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Resource searched: Stock Market Crash of 1929

Keywords used: stock, crash and causes

Date of search: October, 3rd 2009

Number of hits: hundreds

Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5): 4

Subject Areas: Buisiness and Finance, Web, Other

Must have: causes

Does not have: effects

Title contains: stock market crash

http://www.angelfire.com/co/pscst/stock.html

http://www.scribd.com/doc/6420258/Causes-of-the-1929-Stock-Market-Crash- an article i found.