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What emergency market safeguard was triggered four times in the United States during the March 2020 crash?
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A circuit breaker
Which Chinese stock-market index fell about 8.5% on August 24, 2015?
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Shanghai Composite
Which U.S. stock-market crash began on October 19, 1987, in Hong Kong before spreading worldwide?
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The 1987 stock-market crash
Which investment craze’s collapse marked the start of the 2000–2002 dot-com stock-market crash?
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The dot-com bubble
What was the approximate percentage loss of the Dow Jones Industrial Average during the entire 1929 crash?
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About 89%
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Which Chinese stock-market index fell about 8.5% on August 24, 2015?
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Shanghai Composite
Which U.S. stock-market crash began on October 19, 1987, in Hong Kong before spreading worldwide?
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The 1987 stock-market crash
Which investment craze’s collapse marked the start of the 2000–2002 dot-com stock-market crash?
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The dot-com bubble
Which 1929 Wall Street crash day, on October 29, became known as Black Tuesday?
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Black Tuesday
Which investment fund’s 1998 collapse required a major Federal Reserve-arranged rescue after Russia’s default?
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Long-Term Capital Management
Which 1997 financial crisis began with the devaluation of Thailand’s baht and triggered Asian stock-market crashes?
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1997 Asian financial crisis
What automated trading program helped amplify selling during the 1987 Black Monday crash?
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Portfolio insurance
Which October 19, 1987 stock-market crash is known as Black Monday?
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Black Monday
Which document begins with the words “When in the Course of human events,” central to America250 history?
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Declaration of Independence