1920s Stock Market

Period of rising stock prices

• Speculation

• Buying on the margin

• Black Tuesday

• Bull Market

Ignoring risks, buying stocks and bonds to make a quick profit

• Speculation

• Black Tuesday

• Buying of the margin

• Bull Market

Paying a small percentage of a stock's price as a down payment and borrowing the rest.

• Speculation

• Buying on the margin

• Black Tuesday

• Bull Market

Time where the bottom fell out of the market. The stock market crashed.

• Speculation

• Buying on the margin

• Black Tuesday

• Bull Market

Many Americans hoped to strike it rich through the stock market

• True

• False

On Black Tuesday, many Americans became wealthy

• True

• False

What day did the Stock Market ultimately crash?

• October 29, 1929

• December 29, 1929

• April 29,1929

• November 29,1929

One effect of Black Tuesday

• Investors acquired huge amounts of debt

• Investors acquired huge amounts of wealth

• Investors amount of wealth did not change

• Investors amount of debt was minimal