1. Great Depression
... bought stock on credit began to sell. This led to the development of a panic amongst investors. The panic only worsened things and on October 24, 1929, stockholders sold a record 16,410,030 shares. By mid-November, stock prices had plunged 40%. The crash of the Stock Market led to the Great Depression. The depression was the worst in the history of the United States and proved to be a terrible price to pay ... for the false sense of prosperity and national well -being of the roaring Twenties. Many Americans felt that ... ...
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- Grade Level: High School