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What event started the Great Depression?

The stock market crash of 1929.

  1. The stock market crash of 1929 ✔
  2. The bombing of Pearl Harbor
  3. The end of World War I

Why: The Great Depression began with the stock market crash, called the Great Crash, in 1929. Pearl Harbor was in 1941, and World War I ended in 1918.

Huh, didn't know that: The worst day, Black Tuesday, was October 29, 1929.

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What did the bull say to the bear? Stop being so grizzly about the market.
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Sources

  1. USCIS M-1778 (09/25), 128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version) https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf

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