Wall Street Crash of 1929

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The Wall Street Crash of 1929 was a catastrophic stock market collapse that triggered the Great Depression and led to major reforms of the U.S. financial system.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf financial crisis
historical event
stock market crash
affectedArea United States economy
global economy
alsoKnownAs 1929 Stock Market Crash
Great Crash of 1929
causeOf Great Depression
country United States
describedBy John Kenneth Galbraith
describedBySource The Great Crash, 1929
endDate 1929-10-29
followedBy Great Depression
hasCause economic slowdown in late 1920s
excessive use of margin debt
overvaluation of equities
speculative bubble in U.S. stocks
tightening of monetary policy by the Federal Reserve
hasEffect bank failures in the United States
collapse of stock prices
contraction of credit
decline in industrial production
decline in international trade
deflation in the United States
loss of investor confidence
mass unemployment in the United States
hasPart Black Monday (1929)
Black Thursday
Black Tuesday (1929)
influenced Glass–Steagall Act
New Deal financial reforms
Securities Act of 1933
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
creation of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
creation of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
location New York City
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
mainSubject finance
stock market
notableFor being one of the worst stock market crashes in U.S. history
marking the end of the Roaring Twenties
partOf interwar period
precededBy Roaring Twenties
significantEventDate 1929-10-24
1929-10-28
1929-10-29
startDate 1929-10-24
timePeriod 1920s
triggered Great Depression

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