Lead up to the Great Crash

  • President of the Federal Reserve Bank dies

  • New President of the Federal Reserve Bank begins

  • Black Thursday

    6 million shares were traded, 4 billion was suddenly wiped off the value of stocks
  • Black Friday

    16 million shares were sold and $9 billion lost
  • Wall street crashes

    16 million shares were sold. 1/3rd of the value of all shares had dropped in a month and many small banks and insurance companies were bankrupt