Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

the nations, but in a good number of countries it started in 1929 but lasted until the late 1930s. In the U.S., the world’s deadliest economic downturn began soon after the crash of the stock market of October 1929. The stock market crash sent Wall Street into a panic and also wiped out millions of investors. This day was called “Black Thursday” in the history of the United States. The New York stock market crashed because individuals that had the stock wanted to sell them, and no one was…

comedians we have access to than ever before. It’s a lot easier for new talent to find a voice than ever before. Information is a lot easier to find, and since social media has consumed our culture it’s a lot easier to find out about someone you’ve never met before, and it’s a lot easier to share as well to make yourself feel some sort of importance. So in this age of self expression and exposure, more and more stand up comedians are know to have some form of mental instability, whether that be…

The Great Railroad Strike started on July 17, 1877 in Martinsburg, West Virginia. Employers cut pay for workers because of the debt the country was in from fighting in the Civil War. Many workers did not support this. Railroad companies stopped working and started striking. Workers stopped all trains and blocked any traffic from coming to the stations. Federal troops were called in to stop the strike, but they were unsuccessful. The strike spread to Baltimore, Maryland. This went from peaceful…

socioeconomic issues that had arisen from the lower class, and the negligence that had allowed for the issue of alcoholism to grow. A close first glance on William Hogarth’s Gin Lane reveals a dramatized, but horrific scene of an urban street in England.…

Jewish community underwent the same economic issues as the rest of the social community. On 9 May 1873, Vienna had a huge stock market crash. The stock market crash destroyed everyone from teachers to the bourgeoisie. Even though, a lot of people lost money during such a crisis, the city was thriving economically according to Camille Crittenden. She continues: “… with rapid growth in industry, banking, and the railroad. Civic building projects such as…

The decade of 1920, also known as the Roaring Twenties, were years of excitement and innovation. During these times, many new technologies and lifestyles were introduced to not only the upper class, but also to the rest of society, thus allowing the average citizen access to all these novelties. The president who promised Americans improved lives was Calvin Coolidge. With Calvin Coolidge running the country, it seemed as if he eliminated poverty in total in which citizens prospered with the…

ever. Also they were borrowing money from Marija, and eating up her bank account, and spoiling once again her hopes of marriage and happiness. And they…

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck follows a fictional family of tenant farmers during the Great Depression, the Joads, who are evicted from their Oklahoma land and forced to migrate west. Steinbeck’s powerful defense of the working poor as well as his indictment of the socio-economic system of 1930s America made the novel was highly controversial upon its 1939 release– many considered it communist or socialist propaganda. Despite that, Eleanor Roosevelt promoted the novel, and her support…

the Braddock family has their electricity cut-off, which results in Mae to send the kids to a relative's home. When Jimmy finds out, he becomes extremely upset especially since he promised their oldest son, Jay; he would never send them away. As a result, Jimmy secures a little money from government relief and the former people he used to work with in his boxing career to bring his kids back. This was significant because Mae sent the kids without asking Jimmy, however, he was still able to bring…

people who supported communism. The stock market crash of 1929, this is where there was a major decline in stock prices. People began to buy things with money they did…