The 1920's was brought to a halt in 1929, when the shares listed on the stock market drastically declined and continued to do so for several weeks. The Wall St Crash triggered the Great Depression, where many investors lost their life savings overnight. The market continued to fall over the following months, resulting in widespread poverty, loss of investor confidence, business closure, fall in prices, political turmoil, decline in spending, loss of savings and a decline in international trade.