McGraw-Hill OnlineMcGraw-Hill Higher EducationLearning Center
Student Center | Instructor Center | Information Center | Home
Students' Guide to the Site
Guide to Electronic Research
PowerWeb
GradeSummit
Essay Quiz
Primary Sources
Multiple Choice Quiz
AHW: Black Thursday
AHW: Depression
AHW: WWII
Feedback
Help Center


Woloch Women and the American Experience Book Cover
Women and the American Experience Concise, 2/e
Nancy Woloch, Barnard College

Emergencies: The 1930s and 1940s

American History on the Web: Black Thursday

Test your knowledge of the 1929 stock market crash at http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/quiz/crash.html. Then, read the linked articles.



1

How did you do on the quiz?
2

What did you learn from each article?
3

Why did male and female traders react differently to big losses? What does this illustrate about gender roles in business and in the family?