In what year did the Wall Street Crash take place?

The story behind the answer

1929 is correct because the Wall Street Crash unfolded in late October 1929—most infamously on Black Thursday (Oct 24), Black Monday (Oct 28), and Black Tuesday (Oct 29). While the Great Depression deepened in 1930 and 1932, the market’s dramatic collapse that triggered it began in 1929, ending the Roaring Twenties boom.

Context: A speculative bubble fueled by easy credit and buying stocks on margin burst, wiping out fortunes and straining banks. The crisis rippled worldwide, and later policies like the 1930 Smoot-Hawley Tariff worsened the downturn. Memory tip: “In ’29, stocks declined,” or think “Black Tuesday ’29” to lock in the year.