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Which 1893 United States stock-market crash followed the failure of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad?

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Panic of 1893

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What was the 1873 crash in Vienna called, a financial shock that helped trigger the Long Depression?

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Panic of 1873

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Which name identifies the 1837 United States financial crisis that followed a credit expansion and widespread bank failures?

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Panic of 1837

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What was the name of the severe United States financial crisis that began in 1819 after a postwar credit boom?

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Panic of 1819

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Which 1901 stock-market panic followed a battle for control of the Northern Pacific Railway?

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Panic of 1901

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What name is given to the severe U.S. financial crisis that began in 1893 after railroad failures and bank runs?

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Panic of 1893

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Which 1720 French financial scheme collapsed in the crash known as the Mississippi Bubble?

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Mississippi Company

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Which 1873 financial panic helped end the railway-led boom known as the Gründerzeit in Germany?

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Panic of 1873

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Which British trading company became central to the South Sea Bubble, one of the earliest major stock-market crashes?

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South Sea Company

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What was the name of the 1987 global stock-market crash whose worst day became known as Black Monday?

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Black Monday

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Which date is known as Black Tuesday, the day the 1929 Wall Street Crash reached a famous climax?

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October 29, 1929

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Which country's asset-price bubble burst in 1990, beginning a long period of stock and property stagnation?

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Japan

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