Trivia: What major U.S. event happened at the end of the 1920s?
Wall Street Crash
St. Louis World’s Fair
The Great San Francisco earthquake
Flight of the Wright Brothers
The correct answer is Wall Street Crash
So why is this answer correct? : A harsh end to a prosperous decade for America, the stock market crashed on October 29, 1929, a date known as “Black Tuesday.” Billions of dollars were lost that day, wiping out investors and causing the Great Depression, which would last for the next 10 years.