<1% of Americans owned stock when the market crashed in 1929. But its slightly beside the point. The depression was more triggered by a perfect storm of incompe

<1% of Americans owned stock when the market crashed in 1929. But its slightly beside the point. The depression was more triggered by a perfect storm of incompetence/environment debt. -Hawley-Smoot Tariff did not work at all, and made things MUCH worse. -Farmers burning their crops in protest of rock bottom prices post crash instead of selling them. -The Dust Bowl worsened the situation greatly. -Wide spread bank failure.