Sunlight. Orchids require just the right amount of sunlight in order to grow successfully. If provided too little sunlight, the plant will fail to blossom; if provided too much sunlight, the blossoms will fade and the foliage will burn.
Nine thousand banks failed during the months following the stock market crash of 1929. It is far too simplistic to view the stock market crash as the single cause of the Great Depression. A healthy economy can recover from such a contraction. Long-term underlying causes sent the nation into a downward spiral of despair.
Historians agree that there is no one cause. or even a major cause, of the Great Depression. There are several causes that do appear near the top on any one's list of causes for the Depression. 1. No regulation of the Stock Market and the practice of buying stocks on margin.