What was the original meaning of the term 'Black Friday' before it became associated with post-Thanksgiving shopping?

Throughout history, retail innovations have shaped consumer culture and created new shopping traditions. Black Friday, now a global shopping phenomenon, has a fascinating historical origin that many assume they know - but do they really? Test your knowledge about how this famous retail event got its name and became the massive shopping day we know today.

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A stock market crash in 1869 when gold prices plummeted
The day retail stores traditionally went from operating at a loss ('in the red') to making profits ('in the black')
A term coined by retail workers to describe the chaotic shopping day after Thanksgiving in the 1950s
A marketing campaign created by department stores in the 1930s to boost post-Depression sales