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What factors led the United States into the Great Depression

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What were the major causes of the Great Depression? Among the suggested causes of the Great Depression are: the stock market crash of 1929; the collapse of world trade due to the Smoot-Hawley Tariff; government policies; bank failures and panics; and the collapse of the money supply.

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Careless spending wasteful investments(borrowed investments)in the stock market/overpriced stocks were all leading causes of the crash
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