The times and events that took place during the Great Depression. The Great Depression lasted from 1929 to 1939, some events that caused or impacted the worst economic depression in he history of the united states have to do with stock market, bank failures, and even drought conditions. Due to my own personal research i have discovered reasons that historians and economists have cited. The stock market crash of 1929... many believe that this stock market crash on October 29th was one of the major causes that led to the Great Depression, due to the stock market lossing over 40 billion dollars! Bank failures occured throughout the 1930s, over 9,000 banks failed. Bank deposits were uninsured and as banks failed people simple lost their savings.
