Wall Street Crash of 1929
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The Wall Street Crash of 1929 was a catastrophic stock market collapse that triggered the Great Depression and led to major reforms of the U.S. financial system.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wall Street Crash of 1929 canonical | 4 |
| The Great Crash, 1929 | 3 |
| 1929 Stock Market Crash | 1 |
| Black Monday (1929) | 1 |
| Black Thursday | 1 |
| Black Tuesday (1929) | 1 |
| Great Crash of 1929 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T48294 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Wall Street Crash of 1929 Context triple: [Securities and Exchange Commission, createdAfterEvent, Wall Street Crash of 1929]
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A.
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic downturn during the 1930s that led to massive unemployment, bank failures, and profound social and political change.
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B.
Panic of 1873
The Panic of 1873 was a severe global financial crisis that triggered a prolonged economic depression in the United States and Europe, marking a major turning point in the early Gilded Age.
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C.
Panic of 1893
The Panic of 1893 was a severe nationwide economic depression in the United States marked by bank failures, railroad bankruptcies, and mass unemployment that helped bring the Gilded Age to a close.
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D.
Russian financial crisis of 1998
The Russian financial crisis of 1998 was a severe economic collapse marked by a sharp devaluation of the ruble, default on domestic debt, and banking sector turmoil that undermined confidence in Russia’s post-Soviet market reforms.
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E.
Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl was a devastating 1930s environmental disaster on the North American Great Plains, where severe drought and poor farming practices caused massive dust storms, crop failures, and widespread displacement of farming communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Wall Street Crash of 1929 Target entity description: The Wall Street Crash of 1929 was a catastrophic stock market collapse that triggered the Great Depression and led to major reforms of the U.S. financial system.
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A.
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic downturn during the 1930s that led to massive unemployment, bank failures, and profound social and political change.
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B.
Panic of 1873
The Panic of 1873 was a severe global financial crisis that triggered a prolonged economic depression in the United States and Europe, marking a major turning point in the early Gilded Age.
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C.
Panic of 1893
The Panic of 1893 was a severe nationwide economic depression in the United States marked by bank failures, railroad bankruptcies, and mass unemployment that helped bring the Gilded Age to a close.
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D.
Russian financial crisis of 1998
The Russian financial crisis of 1998 was a severe economic collapse marked by a sharp devaluation of the ruble, default on domestic debt, and banking sector turmoil that undermined confidence in Russia’s post-Soviet market reforms.
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E.
Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl was a devastating 1930s environmental disaster on the North American Great Plains, where severe drought and poor farming practices caused massive dust storms, crop failures, and widespread displacement of farming communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
financial crisis
ⓘ
historical event ⓘ stock market crash ⓘ |
| affectedArea |
United States economy
ⓘ
global economy ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Wall Street Crash of 1929
ⓘ
surface form:
1929 Stock Market Crash
Wall Street Crash of 1929 ⓘ
surface form:
Great Crash of 1929
|
| causeOf | Great Depression ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| describedBy | John Kenneth Galbraith ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Wall Street Crash of 1929
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
The Great Crash, 1929
|
| endDate | 1929-10-29 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Great Depression ⓘ |
| hasCause |
economic slowdown in late 1920s
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excessive use of margin debt ⓘ overvaluation of equities ⓘ speculative bubble in U.S. stocks ⓘ tightening of monetary policy by the Federal Reserve ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
bank failures in the United States
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collapse of stock prices ⓘ contraction of credit ⓘ decline in industrial production ⓘ decline in international trade ⓘ deflation in the United States ⓘ loss of investor confidence ⓘ mass unemployment in the United States ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Wall Street Crash of 1929
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Black Monday (1929)
Wall Street Crash of 1929 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Black Thursday
Wall Street Crash of 1929 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Black Tuesday (1929)
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| influenced |
Glass–Steagall Act
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New Deal financial reforms ⓘ U.S. Securities Act of 1933 ⓘ
surface form:
Securities Act of 1933
U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ⓘ
surface form:
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
creation of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ⓘ creation of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ |
| location |
New York City
ⓘ
New York Stock Exchange ⓘ Wall Street ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
finance
ⓘ
stock market ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the worst stock market crashes in U.S. history
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marking the end of the Roaring Twenties ⓘ |
| partOf | interwar period ⓘ |
| precededBy | Roaring Twenties ⓘ |
| significantEventDate |
1929-10-24
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1929-10-28 ⓘ 1929-10-29 ⓘ |
| startDate | 1929-10-24 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1920s ⓘ |
| triggered | Great Depression ⓘ |
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Referenced by (12)
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