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A chain reaction to bank failures temporarily closed the New York Stock Exchange. There were massive layoffs in factories and the US slipped into depression. A great many of the nation's railroads failed and went bankrupt. This resulted in a railroad strike due to wage cuts. The Republican party drew the most ire for the failure and Democrats came into power.

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