What event started the Great Depression? A - Prohibition
B - Great Migration
C - Stock Market Crash
D - Sinking of the Titanic
Answer: C - STOCK MARKET CRASH The Great Depression began in earnest on October 24, 1929, now known as “Black Tuesday.” In a single day, investors on Wall Street traded 16,410,030 shares on the New York Stock Exchange, decimating millions of dollars of investments and crashing the stock market. The crash sent the U.S. into a massive economic recession that was exacerbated by a number of other contributing factors