At the time of the stock market crashed the government did not ensure bank deposits so

So, customers lost their savings if a bank crashed.   

Customers lost their savings if a bank collapsed.

Cherokee  removal, part of the trail of tears, refers to the  forced  relocation between 1836 and 1839 of thecherokee  nation from  their lands ingeorgia, south carolina, north carolina, tennessee, texas, and alabama to the indian territory (present day oklahoma)  in  the thenwestern united states, and the resultant deaths