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=== Major economic crises timeline ===
=== Major economic crises timeline - overview ===
for specific events and their details see [[AP US History vocabulary list|AP US History vocabulary list#Economic Crises)]]
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!Century
!Period/s
!Period/s
!Event
!Event
!Causes/ Notes
!Causes/ Notes
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|19th
| colspan="3" |'''19th Century'''
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|Antebellum
|Antebellum
Jacksonian Period
Jacksonian Period
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* the Early Republic offered many opportunities for "getting rich"
** land speculation
** shipping (ocean trade, river ferries, canals, etc.)
** railroad and telegraph (starting 1830s, most growth in the 1850s)
* consequently, U.S. and European banks and investors looked to profit from the incredible geographic and demographic expansion of the young nation
* thus causing "bubbles" that would "burst" when investors failed to receive expected profits or loans went unpaid
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|19th
|Gilded Age
|Gilded Age
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* industrialism led to enormous economic growth and opportunity for investment
* railroads and telegraphs were especially important to this expansion
** as the country expanded westward, railroads connected markets
** a more connected nation and ability to transmit information quickly via telegraphs and distribute materials via railroads drove media empries in newspapers and magazines
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|20th
|Progressive Era
|Progressive Era
|Panic of 1907
|Panic of 1907
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* in late 1906, the stock market reacted poorly to the 1906 Hepburn Act, which  
* in late 1906, the stock market reacted poorly to the 1906 Hepburn Act, which
* Stock market crash (down 50%) during a recession due to a failed Trust company (investment firm) and a subsequent bank failure due to bad loans based upon a coal/iron company stock
* Stock market crash (down 50%) during a recession due to a failed Trust company (investment firm) and a subsequent bank failure due to bad loans based upon a coal/iron company stock
* JP Morgan Co. intervened and led other investors to back the banks with credit and cash
* JP Morgan Co. intervened and led other investors to back the banks with credit and cash
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* the Panic of 1907 led to calls to reform that nation's money supply, leading to the 1913 establishment of the Federal Reserve
* the Panic of 1907 led to calls to reform that nation's money supply, leading to the 1913 establishment of the Federal Reserve
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|20th
|post-WWI
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|Depression of 1920
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|1930s
|Great Depression
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|20th
|Post-Vietnam
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|1970s Stagflation
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|Period of economic and political decline
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|Mortgage bubble
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|2008 Great Recession
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=== Major periods timeline (by date range) ===
=== Major periods timeline (by date range) ===
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!Dates
!Dates
!Period
!Period