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Which U.S. financial crisis followed the War of 1812 and became the country’s first major economic panic?
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Panic of 1819
What was the name of the 1998 crisis in which Russia devalued the ruble and defaulted on domestic debt?
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Russian financial crisis
What name is given to the major global equity-market decline that lasted from 1973 to 1974?
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1973–1974 stock market crash
Which benchmark index was central to China’s 2015 stock-market crash?
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Shanghai Composite
Which 1987 market-crash mechanism involved computer programs selling after prices fell?
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Portfolio insurance
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What was the name of the 1998 crisis in which Russia devalued the ruble and defaulted on domestic debt?
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Russian financial crisis
What name is given to the major global equity-market decline that lasted from 1973 to 1974?
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1973–1974 stock market crash
Which benchmark index was central to China’s 2015 stock-market crash?
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Shanghai Composite
Which 1987 market-crash mechanism involved computer programs selling after prices fell?
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Portfolio insurance
Which technology-focused market index lost about 78% from its 2000 peak to its 2002 low?
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Nasdaq Composite
Which 1893 U.S. railroad failure helped trigger a nationwide financial panic?
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Philadelphia and Reading Railroad