... margin in the belief that prices would go higher and higher and they would become rich. The returns from the stock market seemed so assured that many companies started investing in stocks resulting in the price of the stocks going higher and higher. In March of 1929 there was a ... mini crash as the price of stocks began to drop. This forced brokers to make margin calls, and those who had bought stocks on margin had their loan come do. The panic was widespread across the country as stock ... Across the country many people lost their savings, many companies failed, and faith was lost in ...

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• Grade Level: High School