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Why did the stock market collapse in 1929?

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Q1. Why did the collapse in stock market occur? The Wall Street crash took place in the United States of America in October 1929, the US economy shattered and collapsed and the USA entered a long phase of depression, which diminished all the economic prosperity and boom of the 1920's. To understand how this occurred it is important to understand how a public limited company works and the importance of shares in the stock market. Since the 1960's and 1970's America's massive steel, coal and textile industries were growing vigorously. The American film industry was well established in the world and America was a leading oil producer. Due to America's technological advancements it was developing new consumer products like motorcars, telephones, radios, electric lightning which was making the transport and communication industry more effective. America's skilled and highly professional managers were selling more and more products in the country and all around...

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