Stock Market Crash Oct. 29, 1929
Black Tuesday Stock market collapse people panic/lost faith and sold=stock prices go down People were trying to sell shares=nobody wanted to buy
Stock on Credit People bought stock on credit (money they didn’t have)=huge debt Others lost entire savings in the market
Money Lost Mid November 1929 investors lost $30 million=amount of money spent by USA on WWI!!!!
Results of the Crash Signaled the “Great Depression” People panicked/withdrew their money from banks Banks invested their money into stock market=didn’t have enough to pay the people
People pulling money out of bank!
Results of the Crash 1929=600 banks fail 1932=25,000 banks fail Banks were not insured/when they failed people lost all of their money!