Nine thousand banks failed during the months following the stock market crash of 1929. It is far too simplistic to view the stock market crash as the single cause of the Great Depression. A healthy economy can recover from such a contraction.
The <em>Slave Trade-Export Compromise</em> <em>stated that slave trade could continue without interference from Congress for</em> 20 years, not 30. This Compromise effectively protected slave owners and the slave trade during 20 years ̶ until 1808. Congress could not prohibit slaves trade but they could place taxes on them as they were technically considered as merchandise.
