Why was the American economy in the 1920s suddenly in shambles?

The stock market crash of 1929 (not the sole cause of the Great Depression, but it did act to accelerate the global economic collapse) was a symptom. By 1933, nearly half of America's banks had failed, and unemployment was approaching 15 million people, or 30 percent of the workforce.

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