“On Margin,” by James Montgomery Flagg, appeared in Life Magazine November 15, 1929. In the speculative fever of the roaring twenties, many people had made their stock investments with borrowed money. When stocks fell and creditors called in the loans, the results were ruinous. quoted from: http://www.archelaus-cards.com

Your project must focus on any of the following:

HISTORY
9. Analyze the major political, economic and social developments of the 1920s including:
f. Stock market speculation and the stock market crash of 1929.

CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Describe the ways in which government policy has been shaped and set by the influence of political parties, interest groups, lobbyists, the media and public opinion with emphasis on:
f. Business regulation;

http://my.hrw.com/    (Your Online Textbook)

http://hoover.archives.gov/exhibits/Hooverstory/gallery06/gallery06.html 

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/566754/stock-market-crash-of-1929

http://www.pbs.org/fmc/timeline/estockmktcrash.htm

http://history1900s.about.com/od/1920s/a/stockcrash1929.htm

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=559

http://stocks.fundamentalfinance.com/stock-market-crash-of-1929.php

http://www.themoneyalert.com/stockmarketcrashof1929.html

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/snpmech5.htm

http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory/business/topic19.html

http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory/business/topic20.html

http://marketplace.publicradio.org/features/crash_1929/timeline.html

http://marketplace.publicradio.org/features/crash_1929/story_05.html

http://www.nytimes.com/library/financial/index-1929-crash.html

http://www.nytimes.com/library/financial/102829crash-sunday.html

http://www.nytimes.com/library/financial/103029crash-ticker.html


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