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  2. Wall Street crash of 1929 - Wikipedia

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    Crowd gathering on Wall Street after the 1929 crash. The Wall Street crash of 1929, also known as the Great Crash, was a major stock market crash in the United States which began in late October 1929 with a sharp decline in prices on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and ended in mid-November.

  3. Causes of the Great Depression - Wikipedia

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    The stock market crash was not the first sign of the Great Depression. "Long before the crash, community banks were failing at the rate of one per day". [78] It was the development of the Federal Reserve System that misled investors in the 1920s into relying on federal banks as a safety net.

  4. Charles E. Mitchell - Wikipedia

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    Charles Edwin Mitchell (October 6, 1877 – December 14, 1955) was an American banker whose incautious securities policies facilitated the speculation which led to the Crash of 1929. First National City Bank's (now Citibank) controversial activities under his leadership were a major contributing factor in the passage of the Glass-Steagall Act.

  5. The Crash of 1929, and Why to Never Trust Forecasts - AOL

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    I've been in the Library of Congress lately reading financial newspapers from the week of the October, 1929 stock market crash that ultimately crushed the Dow Jones by nearly 90%. Last week, I ...

  6. When Did the Stock Market Crash? - AOL

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    The Wall Street Crash of 1929. Perhaps the most well-known stock market crash in history, the Crash of 1929 was the worst, and longest-lived crash we've had. From September 1929 through July 1932 ...

  7. Crash of 1929 Repeat? Why You Should Stop Worrying - AOL

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    Nothing is more appealing to stock market investors than the idea that they can predict the future. Recently, several market analysts have argued that the Dow Jones Industrials is setting itself ...

  8. 1929 in the United States - Wikipedia

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    October 14 – The Philadelphia Athletics defeat the Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 1, to win their 4th World Series Title. October 24–29 – Wall Street Crash of 1929: Three multi-digit percentage drops wipe out more than $30 billion from the New York Stock Exchange (10 times greater than the annual budget of the federal government).

  9. What Caused the Stock Market Crash of 1929—And What ... - AOL

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