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Stock Market Crash [1929]
URL: http://www.pbs.org/fmc/timeline/estockmktcrash.htm

Description:
Concise summary of the U.S. stock market crash of 1929, including the events leading up to the crash and the effect of the crash on the economy. Also includes links to interviews with two history professors about the 1929 crash and related topics. From the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) special program "The First Measured Century."

LII Topics: Finance, Stock & Commodity Exchanges, The Great Depression, United States History

Publisher:
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Extra Keywords
Black Thursday Black Tuesday Wall Street Great Depression

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Banks and banking -- United States
Depressions -- 1929
Stock Market Crash, 1929

LII Database Information:
Record 19280 created by Jennifer English on 10/10/2005
Last modification on 01/02/2009
Published: 10/13/2005  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/19280

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