1. Post World War I
However, all of these outstanding accomplishments occurred only to be overshadowed by the Stock Market Crash in 1929. ... The United Sates faced the Great Depression. ... The main cause for the Great Depression was the combination of the greatly unequal distribution of wealth throughout the 1920's, and the extensive stock market speculation that took place during the latter part that same decade. ... The excessive speculation in the late 1920's kept the stock market artificially high, but eventually lead to large market crashes. These market crashes, combined with the misdistributio...
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