close
    How did the center of world commerce, Wall Street, receive its name?

    0  Views: 298 Answers: 2 Posted: 12 years ago

    2 Answers

    It was a street with a boundary city wall on it

    Chiangmai

    Very good and brief explanation. I was hoping you'd go on the explain a little more. Good job, nonetheless, dunc.

     


    In September of 1653, the settlers in what is now New York City felt threatened by the local Natives and by the possibility of an invasion by Oliver Cromwell's army.  For protection, they built a large protective wall that stretched a half-mile across Manhattan Island.  That wall was situated on the exact location that we now know as the financial center of the world:  Wall Street.


     


     



    Top contributors in Other - Business & Finance category

     
    ROMOS
    Answers: 101 / Questions: 0
    Karma: 5025
     
    country bumpkin
    Answers: 62 / Questions: 1
    Karma: 3795
     
    Colleen
    Answers: 190 / Questions: 0
    Karma: 3405
     
    Benthere
    Answers: 4 / Questions: 0
    Karma: 3300
    > Top contributors chart

    Unanswered Questions

    u8888net
    Answers: 0 Views: 14 Rating: 0
    Tài xỉu md5
    Answers: 0 Views: 11 Rating: 0
    Tỷ Lệ Kèo
    Answers: 0 Views: 16 Rating: 0
    ksingh98221
    Answers: 0 Views: 13 Rating: 0
    TP88
    Answers: 0 Views: 17 Rating: 0
    Tiengruoi
    Answers: 0 Views: 19 Rating: 0
    > More questions...
    452815
    questions
    719910
    answers
    756355
    users