WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -By then, production had already declined and unemployment had risen, leaving stocks in great excess of their real value. Among the other causes of the stock market crash of 1929 were low wages, the proliferation of debt, a struggling agricultural sector and an excess of large bank loans that could not be liquidated.

Detailed explanation-2: -Business houses closed their doors, factories shut down and banks failed. Farm income fell some 50 percent. By 1932 approximately one out of every four Americans was unemployed.

Detailed explanation-3: -The sudden drop in stock prices may be influenced by economic conditions, catastrophic event(s), or speculative elements that sweep across the market. Most market crashes are usually short bursts of market downturns that can last for a single day or much longer to bring investors heavy losses.

Detailed explanation-4: -On Black Monday, October 28, 1929, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined nearly 13 percent. Federal Reserve leaders differed on how to respond to the event and support the financial system. The Roaring Twenties roared loudest and longest on the New York Stock Exchange.