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The Stock Market Crash of 1929 did not cause the Depression, it was the signal that there had been fundamental weaknesses in the economy and uneducated mania in the speculation of stocks. The Crash helped to trigger the decline in the economy. Middle class families lost their savings which meant they could not afford to purchase items which caused an increase in inventory, loss of profits to business, and layoffs of workers. Banks that had lent money to speculators went broke when the speculators could not pay their debts.

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