[The Great Depression]
  
Before class
  
      * Read Palmer, 764-772, 775
  
      * Key terms
  
	Great Depression 
	Creditanstalt
	flight from the pound 
	John Maynard Keynes (p. 775) 
		
      * Key questions


1. Explain the major weaknesses in the "prosperity" of the 1920s. 

2. How did the unemployment crisis that followed the crash of 1929 affect people?  How 
did it affect political developments?

3. What explanations for the depression were offered?  What economic measures did 
governments take during the depression? 

  
		

[Great Depression]

In class
  
      * Outline 
  
	1. Absence of normalcy
	2. Impact of the Crash
	3. Problems of recovery 
  
      * Key terms
  
	rationalization 
	autarchy 

      * Key question
  
	Why did the Wall Street crash lead to the Great Depression?