I chose this topic, because things may be becoming similar to 1929 once 2009 comes around. I was interested in learning about the Great Depression to expand my knowledge on not just the main idea of the story, but the actual details of what had caused it, how it effected people, and the outcome of it. It was interesting to go into such detail on those three main criterias. I have learned a lot while I was researching and that was my goal in choosing this topic, was to learn something new.