History of the United States II / Unit 10 USH2 1351 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Great Bull Market
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The idea
The Dow Jones average peaked at three hundred eighty-one in September nineteen twenty-nine, roughly ten times its value at the start of the decade.
In practice
Share prices rising year after year through the nineteen twenties.
Where people slip
Many investors bought expecting the rise to continue indefinitely. The next entry shows how they paid for their shares.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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