When did the Wall Street Crash occur?

When did the Wall Street Crash occur?

• A. 29 October 1929
• B. 24 October 1929
• C. 13 October 1929
• D. 1 November 1929

Answer: (A)

The key idea is recognizing the moment historians and exam questions most strongly associate with the stock market collapse. Late October 1929 saw a dramatic sequence of falls, with the market crashing most decisively on Black Tuesday, 29 October 1929, when a huge volume of shares was dumped and prices plummeted, signaling a full-blown panic. The earlier days—Black Thursday (24 October) and Black Monday (28 October)—were part of the decline, but 29 October is the date that sticks in memory as the actual crash moment. The other dates listed are either before or after the critical collapse and don’t capture the central event in the way that 29 October does.

The key idea is recognizing the moment historians and exam questions most strongly associate with the stock market collapse. Late October 1929 saw a dramatic sequence of falls, with the market crashing most decisively on Black Tuesday, 29 October 1929, when a huge volume of shares was dumped and prices plummeted, signaling a full-blown panic. The earlier days—Black Thursday (24 October) and Black Monday (28 October)—were part of the decline, but 29 October is the date that sticks in memory as the actual crash moment. The other dates listed are either before or after the critical collapse and don’t capture the central event in the way that 29 October does.