Basic facts
What year was the stock market crash?
1929
What was the period right after the stock market crash called?
The Great Depression
What did most people sell to make money?
Personal belongings/businesses, or home grown produce
What is it called when you buy a piece of a company?
Shares/stocks
What is the name of the street associated with the stock market crash
Wall Street
When did the Great Depression end ?
1939-1941
Either counts
About what percent of people got laid off during the Great Depression?
About 25%
What percentage of people invested in the stock market in the 1920’s?
10%
What is the main way people who did not live in New York, find out that the stock market crashed?
Widespread newspaper Headlines/ newspapers
What era did the stock market crash end?
The roaring 20’s
How much money was lost in the stock market crash?
Roughly 14 billion dollars
Which is about 320 billion today.
What does it mean when a bank is insured ?
Which state was most effected by the the stock market crash?
New York
By what year did the stock market crash affect almost everyone in the U.S?
By 1932 almost everyone was affected.
How long on average did it take people to get out of debt during the depression
About a decade
Who was president by the end of the Great Depression ?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Who was president during the stock market crash ?
Herbert Hoover
What month did the stock market fall a total of 12%?
Bonus: what day
October 28th
When did the banks reopen after the crash?
Bonus: month and day
March 13,1933
What was the most common source of entertainment during the Great Depression?
Listening to the Radio.