The Global Depression

Your initial post is due by Wednesday, follow-up response posts are due by Sunday.

Directions

STEP 1

Carefully read Chapter 26 concerning the Great Depression. Also read the document The Global Depression that follows this instruction.

STEP 2

Consider the 3 questions found below for your initial posting in a discussion format (do not repeat the questions) by Wednesday of this Week.

1. How did the 1919 Treaty of Versailles and the Hawley-Smoot Tariff contribute to the global depression of the 1930s?
2. How did the governments of European nations respond to the Depression?
3. What effect did the global depression have on economic theory?
4. Why was Keynes’s economic theory so revolutionary?

IT MUST BE IN YOUR OWN WORDS, with a word count of 150 to 250 words. I send written work through originality check software. Adhere to proper spelling and grammar rules.

Make sure to express your thoughts in a thoughtful, meaningful way. Use Word spell check before submitting your work. Excess misspelling/grammar errors or generally sloppy work will result in point deduction.

STEP 3

Respond to 2 fellow student posts. These postings should also be meaningful in at least 75 to 100 words. Answers such as, “I agree”, “Sounds good”, etc. are unacceptable and will result in a deduction of total possible points for this exercise.