Causes of the Great Depression by Destiny Ross https://padlet.com/destinymar276/xvv1cjtb5phh en-us 2019-03-06 14:12:53 UTC 2019-03-06 14:57:30 UTC hello@padlet.com Boll Weevil What is Boll Weevil destinymar276 https://padlet.com/destinymar276/xvv1cjtb5phh/wish/338382725 Boll weevil is an insect whose larva feeds
on the cotton plant. While the pest is thought to
have originated in Central America, by the
1890s it had made its way into Mexico and then
into Texas. ]]> 2019-03-06 14:15:41 UTC https://padlet.com/destinymar276/xvv1cjtb5phh/wish/338382725 Boll Weevil insect destinymar276 https://padlet.com/destinymar276/xvv1cjtb5phh/wish/338385274 2019-03-06 14:20:20 UTC https://padlet.com/destinymar276/xvv1cjtb5phh/wish/338385274 Some of the other economic factors that led to the Great Depression were: One of them was Bank Failures destinymar276 https://padlet.com/destinymar276/xvv1cjtb5phh/wish/338386520 During the 1920’s and 1930’s, there was no insurance protecting
deposits. If enough of the banks customers tried to withdraw their money, the bank would
eventually run out. This was called a bank failure. ]]> 2019-03-06 14:22:33 UTC https://padlet.com/destinymar276/xvv1cjtb5phh/wish/338386520 Bank Failures destinymar276 https://padlet.com/destinymar276/xvv1cjtb5phh/wish/338389786 2019-03-06 14:27:54 UTC https://padlet.com/destinymar276/xvv1cjtb5phh/wish/338389786 Before the major droughts that hit the Overproduction Of Agriculture Products destinymar276 https://padlet.com/destinymar276/xvv1cjtb5phh/wish/338396229 Before the major droughts that hit the
Midwest causing the Dust Bowl, many farmers over-produced. In the 1920’s Midwestern
farmers produced record numbers of agricultural products. ]]> 2019-03-06 14:38:51 UTC https://padlet.com/destinymar276/xvv1cjtb5phh/wish/338396229 Overproduction of Agriculture Products: destinymar276 https://padlet.com/destinymar276/xvv1cjtb5phh/wish/338399768 2019-03-06 14:44:35 UTC https://padlet.com/destinymar276/xvv1cjtb5phh/wish/338399768 Reduction in Purchasing: destinymar276 https://padlet.com/destinymar276/xvv1cjtb5phh/wish/338401578 In what became a vicious cycle, after the stock market
crash, and due to other economic fears, the average consumer stopped purchasing goods.

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