U.S. Stock Markets

By emily.kolb14

  • Stockade erected in Manhattan

  • Wall Street Laid Out

  • Buttonwood Agreement

  • New York Brokers Form New York Stock & Excahnge Board

  • Erie Canal Opens

  • The Great Fire

  • Panic of 1857

  • Outbreak of Civil War

  • NYS&EB Changes Name to NYSE

  • Lincoln Is Assasinated

  • Gold Speculation Tanks Market

  • NYSE Closes For 10 Days

  • WW1 Causes Longest Exchange Shutdown

  • Wall Street Becomes World Financial Leader

  • Black Tuesday

  • Women Work On Trading Floor

  • Exchange Closes For V-J Day

  • "Own Your Share of American Business"

  • Eisenhower Heart Attack

  • Kennedy Assasinated

  • First Women Member of NYSE

  • First African-American Member

  • First Non-U.S. Member NYSE

  • DOW Falls Dramatically

  • DOW's Biggest Point Jump

  • Terrorist Attack on World Trade Center

  • DOW's Biggest Point Slide

  • NYSE Opens Office in Beijing, China

  • NYSE Euronext Acquires American Stock Exchange

  • Panic of 1907

  • Largest One-Day Percentage Drop