The Great Depression remains to be the worst economic slump ever in American history and one which spread practically all over the industrialized world. The Depression bombarded in late 1929 and lasted nearly a decade. Many factors elemented the depth of the widespread prosperity. However, combined, the greatly unequal distribution of wealth throughout the 1920's and the extensive stock market speculation that took place during the latter part that same decade remain the key of all elements.
The distribution of wealth in the 1920's was disparate and largely dispersed where funds were randomly needed. Between the rich and the middle-class, between industry and agriculture within the United States, and between the U.S. and Europe were the major recipients of distribution. This imbalance of wealth created an unstable economy.
The excessive speculation in the late 1920's kept the stock market artificially high, but eventually lead to large market crashes. These market crashes,......
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