The first main reason was most of the market was based solely on credit, which was stock that was purchased without actual cash, but purchased on credit.
The second factor was the massive pull out by many investors due to a panic that caused the Banks to attempt to purchase these stocks leading to a complete collapse in the market.
The reason why reformers connect the abolition and women's rights issues is that the fight for the American African women's rights had also led and influenced women abolitionist to fight for their own rights too. These reformers are people who would want to bring gradual change in the society.
*I don’t have your reading material, so I’m going off of reading material I’ve read in the past
I choose and agree with Cleisthenes. He believed in democracy unlike Aristotle. He believed that the government should ran fairly and that aristocratic families should not have so much power over the majority, and wanted to prevent another era of tyranny at all cost, thus the reason he is name the “Father of Democracy “.
Before the Cleisthenes the Athens government was dominated by tyranny, he reformed their constitution and added public participation.
You can use this as a rough draft or something, or take some ideas you find useful. You’re welcome.
The Spanish settled most of what is now Mexico, The southwest United States, and Florida. It’s TRUE
