Stock Market Crash 1929. #1 Newspaper headlines from October 1929 Background: Experts believe that the Stock Market Crash was made worse the headlines.

Stock Market Crash

1929

#1 Newspaper headlines from October 1929

Background: Experts believe that the Stock

Market Crash was made worse the

headlines used in the daily

newspapers.

#2 Newspaper headlines from October 1929

“A Crazy ride.”

“The Stock Market has taken us for a crazy ride and when it ended we were poor.”

#3 U.S. political cartoon about the Stock Market Crash,

published ca. 1929

Background: One of the results of the Stock Market

Crash was the failure of multiple banks and the total loss of peoples life

savings.

#4 U.S. political cartoon about failure of Banks

and the loss of life savings, published ca.

1929

#5 Graph of Stock values during the

Market Crash

1927-1933

People waiting in line outside of banks to withdraw their savings

before they ran out of money and closed their doors forever, 1929

#6 Photographs of people lining up outside of Banks during the

Stock Market Crash

Homeless living in shanties in Central Park

People waiting in line for a night in a shelter

#7 Photographs of Unemployed

People waiting in line for free food

#8 Chart showing economic indicators from 1929-1932