Black Friday gold panic of 1869

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economic panic financial crisis historical event market crash

The Black Friday gold panic of 1869 was a financial crisis in the United States triggered by a failed attempt by speculators to corner the gold market, causing a market crash and widespread economic turmoil.

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Label	Occurrences
Black Friday (1869) gold panic	2
Black Friday financial panic of 1869	2
Black Friday gold panic of 1869 canonical	2
Gold Panic of 1869	2
Black Friday gold panic	1

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Target entity: Black Friday gold panic of 1869
Context triple: [Jay Gould, notableEvent, Black Friday gold panic of 1869]

A. Panic of 1873
The Panic of 1873 was a severe global financial crisis that triggered a prolonged economic depression in the United States and Europe, marking a major turning point in the early Gilded Age.
B. Panic of 1893
The Panic of 1893 was a severe nationwide economic depression in the United States marked by bank failures, railroad bankruptcies, and mass unemployment that helped bring the Gilded Age to a close.
C. Tulip mania
Tulip mania was a famous 17th-century Dutch financial bubble in which speculation drove tulip bulb prices to extreme heights before they suddenly collapsed.
D. Wall Street Crash of 1929
The Wall Street Crash of 1929 was a catastrophic stock market collapse that triggered the Great Depression and led to major reforms of the U.S. financial system.
E. Panic of 1819
The Panic of 1819 was the first major peacetime financial crisis in the United States, marked by widespread bank failures, foreclosures, and a severe economic downturn that exposed weaknesses in the young nation’s banking and credit systems.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Black Friday gold panic of 1869
Target entity description: The Black Friday gold panic of 1869 was a financial crisis in the United States triggered by a failed attempt by speculators to corner the gold market, causing a market crash and widespread economic turmoil.

A. Panic of 1873
The Panic of 1873 was a severe global financial crisis that triggered a prolonged economic depression in the United States and Europe, marking a major turning point in the early Gilded Age.
B. Panic of 1893
The Panic of 1893 was a severe nationwide economic depression in the United States marked by bank failures, railroad bankruptcies, and mass unemployment that helped bring the Gilded Age to a close.
C. Tulip mania
Tulip mania was a famous 17th-century Dutch financial bubble in which speculation drove tulip bulb prices to extreme heights before they suddenly collapsed.
D. Wall Street Crash of 1929
The Wall Street Crash of 1929 was a catastrophic stock market collapse that triggered the Great Depression and led to major reforms of the U.S. financial system.
E. Panic of 1819
The Panic of 1819 was the first major peacetime financial crisis in the United States, marked by widespread bank failures, foreclosures, and a severe economic downturn that exposed weaknesses in the young nation’s banking and credit systems.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	economic panic ⓘ financial crisis ⓘ historical event ⓘ market crash ⓘ
counteredBy	President Grant’s decision to order the sale of government gold ⓘ U.S. Treasury gold sale ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
documentedIn	19th-century American newspapers ⓘ historical studies of U.S. financial panics ⓘ
followedBy	congressional investigations into corruption and speculation ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Black Friday ⓘ Gold Panic of 1869 ⓘ linked to: Black Friday gold panic of 1869
hasBackground	debate over gold versus greenback currency ⓘ post–Civil War Reconstruction era ⓘ
hasCause	attempt to corner the gold market ⓘ speculative bubble in gold prices ⓘ
hasConsequence	damage to the Grant administration’s reputation ⓘ public distrust of Wall Street speculators ⓘ
hasEffect	business failures ⓘ financial losses for investors and farmers ⓘ stock market crash ⓘ sudden collapse in gold prices ⓘ widespread economic turmoil ⓘ
hasParticipantRole	Abel Corbin acted as an intermediary to the Grant administration ⓘ James Fisk was a leading speculator ⓘ linked to: James Fisk Jr. Jay Gould was a leading speculator ⓘ linked to: Jay Gould Ulysses S. Grant was President of the United States ⓘ
immediateCauseOf	panic among brokers and traders ⓘ sharp fall in gold price on September 24, 1869 ⓘ
involves	Abel Corbin ⓘ James Fisk ⓘ linked to: James Fisk Jr. Jay Gould ⓘ New York financiers ⓘ Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ United States Treasury ⓘ linked to: United States Department of the Treasury speculators ⓘ
location	New York City ⓘ Wall Street ⓘ
mainVenue	New York Gold Exchange ⓘ
partOf	history of financial crises in the United States ⓘ history of the New York Stock Exchange ⓘ
pointInTime	September 24, 1869 ⓘ
relatedTo	Reconstruction-era economic policy ⓘ U.S. monetary policy after the Civil War ⓘ speculation in commodities ⓘ
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ
triggeredBy	restriction of gold sales in the open market by speculators ⓘ speculators buying large quantities of gold ⓘ

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