1. Essential Question What started the Great Depression?

2. C.F.U EQ?

3. The Great Depression Section 1 Notes

4. Great Depression Section 1 1.The Great Depression started with the stock market crash in the United States. 2.During the Depression countries’ unemployment rate ranged from 25-50%.

5. Great Depression Section 1 3. Many countries remained in the Great Depression until the end of World War II. 4. A depression is a time of economic instability with an extremely high unemployment rate.

6. Great Depression Section 1 5. Herbert Hoover was the president of the United States during the Great Depression so he was blamed, but had very little to do with the way the economy was.