https://padlet.com/kklimm/lbdjvq584m0lvug6 Background Information en-us 2020-09-25 17:49:56 UTC 2020-09-25 19:19:07 UTC hello@padlet.com kklimm https://padlet.com/kklimm/lbdjvq584m0lvug6/wish/780255063 On October 24, 1929, investors began to fear that an economic crash was coming so they started selling overpriced shares of the stock market in large amounts. A record 12.9 million shares were traded on October 24th and the day became known as “Black Thursday.”

Five days later, on October 29th another wave of panic occurred on Wall Street and about 16 million shares were traded. As a result, millions of shares ended up worthless, and investors who bought stocks with borrowed money were ruined completely.]]> 2020-09-25 17:53:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kklimm/lbdjvq584m0lvug6/wish/780255063