2. What? The Great Depression was an extreme economic slump that caused economic turmoil all over the globe.
3. Where? The Great Depression affected countries all over the world, including the United States of America.
4. When? The Great Depression began in 1929 and lasted until 1939.
5. Why? The Great Depression was the product of aneconomy that over-expanded without the consumer basis to support this expansion, causing the stock market to crash and a resulting wave of debt to spread throughout the world.
6. Who? Although the Great Depression originated in the United States, it soon spread throughout the rest of the world, causing the global economy to crash.
7. Effects: The Great Depression caused havoc throughout the world. In the United States, the Great Depression caused the unemployment rate to skyrocket, profits of most companies to drop, international trade to drop up to 50%, crop prices to plummet, in addition to many more negative effects.
