When the economy slowed down and then suddenly collapsed, so did the stock market. First in London, then dramatically in New York. This triggered the so-called Great Depression, which was a world financial slump that lasted in most countries for around a decade, until the start of World War II. Did investors and stock brokers who had lost it all leap off of buildings during the 1929 Stock Market Crash? Become a Simple History member: https://www.youtube.com/simplehistory... Support us on Patreon: / simplehistory Copyright: DO NOT translate and re-upload our content on Youtube or other social media. SIMPLE HISTORY MERCHANDISE Get the Simple History books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner-... T-Shirts https://teespring.com/stores/simple-h... Simple history gives you the facts, simple! See the book collection here: Amazon USA http://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner/e... Amazon UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/Daniel-Turner... / simple-history-549437675141192 / simplehistoryyt Credit: Created by Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London) Script: Conan White Narrator: Chris Kane https://vocalforge.com/ Sources: Six Days in October by Karen Blumenthal Copyright 2002 The 1929 Stock Market Crash by Martin Gitlin Copyright 2008 The Day the Bubble Burst by Gordon Thomas & Max Morgon-Witts The Great Depression by Pierre Berton Copyright 1990