The Great Depression was a severe economic disintegration symbolized in the United states by the stock market crash on "Black Thursday", October 24, 19291. One that affected virtually the entire industrialized world. The depression began in the late 1920s and lasted for about 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 place during the latter part that same decade. The misdis…
