investors took on more debt than they can afford.
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It was a financial crisis leading to the so-called 'long depression', which in the US was caused by a sharp drop in the demand for and price of silver caused by Germany exchanging the Silver Standard for the Gold Standard. In the same year occurred the failure of the major US bank of Jay Cook & Company, which triggered the failure of a great number of other US banks.In Europe the sharp drop in the price of silver was one of the main reasons for the collapse of the Vienna Stock Market in 1873, which caused a sharp downturn on other European stock markets. In Europe however the following depression was less severe and shorter-lived than the one in the US, which was to last until 1879.The Panic of 1873 was a financial crisis that triggered a depression in Europe and North America that lasted from 1873until 1879.
A chain reaction to bank failures temporarily closed the New York Stock Exchange. There were massive layoffs in factories and the US slipped into depression. A great many of the nation's railroads failed and went bankrupt. This resulted in a railroad strike due to wage cuts. The Republican party drew the most ire for the failure and Democrats came into power.
The Comstock Act of 1873 prohibited the sale of items that could be used for abortion or birth control. This law also made it illegal for doctors to perform abortions.
invented by Joseph Glidden in 1873
The judiciary act of 1873 restructured the English court system of the United Kingdom. This act created the high court and the court of appeal.