The document summarizes several key causes of the Great Depression: overproduction led companies to mass produce goods that people could no longer afford, the stock market crash caused widespread losses as people and banks had invested heavily in stocks, installment buying left many Americans in debt when people lost their jobs, and banks collapsed when they had invested customers' savings in the stock market which plummeted in value.

1. The 1920’s and Great Depression Project By Elisabeth Balistreri

2. Causes of the Great Depression Under consumption/ over production Stock market crash Installment buying Banking collapse Speculation in the stock market Agricultural failure Laissez-Faire government policy Increase in unemployment

3. How under consumption/over production contributed to the Great Depression Sales were up so high that companies would mass produce. Then people started to stop buying their products. Most companies would just keep producing thinking that it was just a phase and sales would rise soon, but when they did they couldn’t sell all of the things they had produced.

4. How the stock market crash contributed to the great depression Many people had almost all of their money in the stock market. When people began to lose faith in the stock market and pull out their money the value of stocks would fall dramatically. The people that still had their money in the stock market lost a lot of money. When they tried to pull out their money they couldn’t sell their stock for much if any money at all.

5. How installment buying contributed the great depression Many Americans bought things like cars and bigger items through installment buying. When the great depression began and they no longer had money to spare they couldn’t pay off their installment buying debt.

6. How the banking collapse contributed to the Great Depression People who did not invest their money in the stock market put their money into banks. Without the consent of the people who owned the money, the banks would invest their money in the stock market. When those people needed some extra money and came to the bank, the bank was closed and their money practically disappeared into thin air since it was in the stock market when it crashed.

7. Why is this relevant to the great depression This is the causes of the great depression so it is relevant to the great depression.