Objectives
Students will:
- Retell the events that led to the stock market crash in 1929.
- Identify the short- and long-term causes of the stock market crash.
- Explain how the crash affected the economy immediately and over the next few months/years.
Skills Needed
Students must be able to:
- Evaluate the role of the U.S. government in regulating a market economy.
- Explain the effects of the Industrial Revolution on economics in the U.S.
- Discuss the policies of Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge.
