THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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stock market crashed
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WWI ended
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Franklin Roosevelt was elected
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stock market reached an all-time high
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Detailed explanation-1: -On October 29, 1929, “Black Tuesday” hit Wall Street as investors traded some 16 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange in a single day. Billions of dollars were lost, wiping out thousands of investors.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Black Tuesday was Oct. 29, 1929, and it was marked by a sharp fall in the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) especially hard hit in high trading volume. The DJIA fell 12%, one of the largest one-day drops in stock market history.