Wall Street Crash of 1929

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financial crisis historical event stock market crash

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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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Wall Street Crash of 1929 canonical	4
The Great Crash, 1929	3
1929 Stock Market Crash	1
Black Monday (1929)	1
Black Thursday	1
Black Tuesday (1929)	1
Great Crash of 1929	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	financial crisis ⓘ historical event ⓘ stock market crash ⓘ
affectedArea	United States economy ⓘ global economy ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Wall Street Crash of 1929 ⓘ surface form: 1929 Stock Market Crash Wall Street Crash of 1929 ⓘ surface form: Great Crash of 1929
causeOf	Great Depression ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describedBy	John Kenneth Galbraith ⓘ
describedBySource	Wall Street Crash of 1929 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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	Wall Street Crash of 1929 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Black Monday (1929) Wall Street Crash of 1929 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Black Thursday Wall Street Crash of 1929 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Black Tuesday (1929)
influenced	Glass–Steagall Act ⓘ New Deal financial reforms ⓘ U.S. Securities Act of 1933 ⓘ surface form: Securities Act of 1933 U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ⓘ surface form: 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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Securities and Exchange Commission → createdAfterEvent → Wall Street Crash of 1929 ⓘ

Roaring Twenties → endCause → Wall Street Crash of 1929 ⓘ

Interwar period → significantEvent → Wall Street Crash of 1929 ⓘ

Wall Street Crash of 1929 → alsoKnownAs → Wall Street Crash of 1929 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Crash of 1929

Wall Street Crash of 1929 → alsoKnownAs → Wall Street Crash of 1929 ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1929 Stock Market Crash

Wall Street Crash of 1929 → hasPart → Wall Street Crash of 1929 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Thursday

Wall Street Crash of 1929 → hasPart → Wall Street Crash of 1929 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Monday (1929)

Wall Street Crash of 1929 → hasPart → Wall Street Crash of 1929 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Tuesday (1929)

Wall Street Crash of 1929 → describedBySource → Wall Street Crash of 1929 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Great Crash, 1929

Herbert Hoover administration → significantEvent → Wall Street Crash of 1929 ⓘ

John Kenneth Galbraith → notableWork → Wall Street Crash of 1929 ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Great Crash, 1929

John → notableWork → Wall Street Crash of 1929 ⓘ

subject surface form: John Kenneth Galbraith

this entity surface form: The Great Crash, 1929