The Great Depression | Student activities | GCSE America ... - Free Printable

Let’s think through this step by step.

We need to put these 9 events in logical/chronological order — meaning, what happened first, then next, and so on, like a story of how the Great Depression started and spread.

Start with what caused things to go wrong at the very beginning:

→ Event #6 says: “By 1929, US stock prices reached levels that could not be justified.”
This is the starting point — stocks were too high, like a bubble about to burst.

Then what? People noticed something was off.

→ Event #2: “Minor events led to gradual price declines in shares.”
Small problems made people nervous, and stock prices started falling slowly.

Then panic set in.

→ Event #9: “Panic selling of shares began.”
People got scared and started selling fast — which made prices drop even more.

That led to big losses for investors.

→ Event #4: “The rapid price decline of shares forced some investors to liquidate (shut down) their businesses.”
When stock values crashed, some business owners had to close up shop.

Now, wealthy people saw this happening and got worried.

→ Event #5: “Wealthy people, anxious about the security of their money, pulled their investments out of the economy.”
They took their money out — which meant less money flowing in the economy.

That hurt regular people too.

→ Event #7: “Consumer spending (aggregate demand) declined.”
With less money around, people stopped buying things.

Businesses couldn’t sell their stuff.

→ Event #8: “Production declined as manufacturers could no longer shift their products.”
Factories slowed down or stopped making goods because nobody was buying.

That meant workers lost jobs.

→ Event #3: “Unemployment was rising.”
More and more people were out of work.

And when people are unemployed, they worry about their savings.

→ Event #1: “‘Bank runs’ saw large numbers of people withdraw their deposits in cash often forcing banks to close.”
Everyone rushed to get their money from banks — but banks didn’t have enough cash on hand, so many closed.

So here’s the full chain:

1. Stock prices got too high (#6)
2. Small problems caused slow drops (#2)
3. Panic selling started (#9)
4. Investors shut down businesses (#4)
5. Wealthy pulled money out (#5)
6. Consumer spending fell (#7)
7. Production dropped (#8)
8. Unemployment rose (#3)
9. Bank runs happened (#1)

Now let’s match this to the chart flow:

Top row (left to right):
Box 1 → Box 2 → Box 3
Middle row (right to left):
Box 4 ← Box 5 ← Box 6
Bottom row (left to right):
Box 7 → Box 8 → Box 9

Following the arrows:

Start top-left → top-middle → top-right → middle-right → middle-middle → middle-left → bottom-left → bottom-middle → bottom-right

So we fill them in order:

Top-left: #6
Top-middle: #2
Top-right: #9
Middle-right: #4
Middle-middle: #5
Middle-left: #7
Bottom-left: #8
Bottom-middle: #3
Bottom-right: #1

Final Answer:
Top row (left to right): 6, 2, 9
Middle row (right to left): 4, 5, 7
Bottom row (left to right): 8, 3, 1