Impact of the Wall Street Crash

Aim: To explain the impact of the Crash and to analyse the greatest

impact.

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Odd one out:$70 million 11,860,000 21

1920 1929 1933

Key Results

• Watch the following video clip

• How many key impacts of the Crash can you spot?

• Just how bad was it?• How do you think people

viewed the current president Hoover?

• Why?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVkxLzuqu1c&feature=youtu.be

Quick Quiz

1. Who was the President during the Wall Street Crash (bonus point if you can tell me which political party he was from!)

2. How many banks shut in 1929 alone?3. What was the President’s policy?4. How much was the car being sold for?5. How high did unemployment get (as a percentage of the

population)?6. What were nicknamed Hoovervilles?7. What did Hoover do to the WWI veterans?8. Who benefited from Hoover’s policy?

President Report

• I’ve been to Washington again for you….

• Check out the provided documentation.

• Create a mind map/quick notes on/of the key impacts of the Wall Street Crash

• How did President Hoover handle this crisis?

Mr Gowney-Hedges

This is the jet I went in… it would obviously have to be stealth, or they would have seen me…

Hoover’s biggest mistake was allowing the banks to collapse? To what extent do you agree with this statement? 10 marks

1 mark: General statements about the topic

2-3 marks: Identification (description) of the main problems faced by President Hoover.

4-6 marks: Explanation of the importance of allowing the banks to collapseORExplanation of the importance of another factor.

7-9 marks: Explanation of the importance of allowing the banks to collapseORExplanation of the importance of another factor.

10 marks: Direct comparison (analysis) of the relative importance of the different reasons leading to a justified judgement.

Explain why the banks collapsing was a bad thing and then choose another factor (eg treatment of WWI veterans) for 7-9 marks…