THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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nobody was selling their stocks and prices remained high
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the stock values increased and all brokers tried to sell stocks at once
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banks refused to loan money to purchase stocks
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s many companies stopped selling shares of stock
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Detailed explanation-1: -The main cause of the Wall Street crash of 1929 was the long period of speculation that preceded it, during which millions of people invested their savings or borrowed money to buy stocks, pushing prices to unsustainable levels.
Detailed explanation-2: -Known as Black Thursday, the crash was preceded by a period of phenomenal growth and speculative expansion. A glut of supply and dissipating demand helped lead to the economic downturn as producers could no longer readily sell their products.
Detailed explanation-3: -The crash frightened investors and consumers. Men and women lost their life savings, feared for their jobs, and worried whether they could pay their bills. Fear and uncertainty reduced purchases of big ticket items, like automobiles, that people bought with credit.
Detailed explanation-4: -A stock market crash occurs when the market has entered an unstable phase, and an economic disturbance causes share prices to fall suddenly and unexpectedly. Historical stock market crashes in the U.S. occurred in 1929, 1987, 1999-2000, 2008, and 2020.