Series
Summary
"On October 29, 1929, life in the United States took a turn for the worst. The stock market the system that controls money in America plunged to a record low. But this event was only the beginning of many bad years to come. By the early 1930s, one out of three people was not working. People lost the... Full description
- What was the Great Depression?
- Time to have fun
- The bubble bursts
- The banks fail
- Hoovervilles and hobos
- Losing the farm
- Roosevelt to the rescue
- Big changes: the dust bowl
- More big changes: war!
- The power of the president
- Timelines.