The Stock Market Crash of 1929 - Jefferson Township Public ...

The five days of the stock market crash of 1929 were perhaps the single most traumatic events in the economic history of the United States up to that point. Compared to other crashes like the Panic of 1837 or the Panic of 1873, the losses on Wall Street in October 1929 were far greater in magnitude and affected almost every sector of the market. ................
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