Economics unit 2. Stock exchange crash

BEFORE STOCK EXCHANGE CRASH:

Search on information about these questions:

1.    Why did the United States become the world's first economic power at the end of World War I?

2.    What was the American dream in the 1920s?

NOW, watch the following video and answer these questions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehy2jEeNuWk

3.    What is the Dow Jones average of the New York Stock Exchange?

4.    How does the New York Stock Exchange work?

5.    Explain what happened on:

a)    Thursday, October 24, 1929

b)    Monday, October 28, 1929

c)    Tuesday, October 29, 1929

6.    What did it happen after?