The Great Depression: Causes and Events. This essay discusses the causes of the Great Depression and details this historical event. Works Cited page included.

Just under seventy-three years ago, the United States of America was hit by the most devastating economic crisis to this day. The Great Depression is not only relevant to the people of that era, but also to us, the people of present day society who currently are experiencing a smaller scale depression of our own. Just as today, we may wonder what has sparked our mini economic depression; the people of the Great Depression shared that sentiment. October 29th, 1929 will in the hearts of many forever live in infamy as "Black Tuesday"; the day that the stock market crashed and the depressio…