Greg Squires The Great Depression was the worst economic slump ever in U.S. history, and one which touched virtually all of the industrialized world. The Depression began in late 1929 and lasted for nearly a decade. Many factors played a role in bringing about the Depression; however, the main cause for the Great Depression was the combination of the greatly unequal distribution of wealth throughout the 1920's, and the extensive stock market speculation that took …showed first 75 words of 3396 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3396 total…country spiraled quickly into catastrophe. The Great Depression had begun. Bibliography Works Cited Hicks, John D. Republican Ascendancy, 1929-1933. New York: Harper & Row, 1960. Himmelberg, Robert F. The Great Depression and American Capitalism. Boston: D.C. Heath and Co., 1968. McElvaine, Robert S. The Great Depression. New York Times Books, 1984. Meltzer, Milton. Brother, Can you Spare a Dime?. New York: Knopf, 1969. Rublowsky, John. After the Crash. London: Crowell-Collier, 1970. Unstead, R.J. The Twenties. Morristown, New Jersey: Macdonald, 1973