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Trade in Colonial America / NAFTA
Timing is Everything
Developing a Financial Investment Portfolio
Widgets: Producing More, Using Less
How E-Commerce Influences Consumer Choice
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Those Golden Jeans
The Great Depression Mystery
Lowell Workers and Producers Respond to Incentives

WHERE DID ALL THE MONEY GO? The Great Depression Mystery
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Part 3

Select one of the three articles listed below taken from the Top 25 economic events. Each clue sheet contains the article and a series of questions. Read the article and answer the questions. Share the information you collect with each other.

Clue Sheet #3a - Henry Ford Begins Production of the Model T in Highland Park (PDF 10k - 3 pages)

Clue Sheet #3b - The Federal Reserve Board (PDF 10k - 3 pages)

Clue Sheet #3c - The Stock Market Crash of 1929 (PDF 10k - 3 pages)

After you've shared the information you've collected, answer the following questions:

  • How did innovation and Ford's leadership in employee relations fuel the economic growth during the 1920s?
  • What role did the Federal Reserve System play in this era?
  • How did the stock market crash accelerate the economic slide into the Great Depression?

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