The Causes of the Great Depression Though there were numerous causes of the Great Depression, there’s not only one origin of this decade long depression.One cause is bank failures which created a major domino effect. Another cause was Black Tuesday that affected billions. Lastly, a cause of the Great Depression was the Dust bowl that creates another chain reaction.There were many more causes, but these are a few that stood out. Black Tuesday occurred in 1929 when all the stocks crashed. This was the “mark” of the start of the Great Depression. Every consumer during the Roaring 20’s were investing in stocks left and right. So when all stocks lost value many people wanted to sell their stocks and go to
