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.
The Great Depression lasted from 1929-1939. What caused the Great Depression, the worst economic depression in the history of the United States? The truth is that is not possible to point to just one factor. Instead a combination of domestic and worldwide conditions led to the Great Depression.