The Historical Context The 1930s were marked by the Great Depression, a time of severe economic downturn that began with the ...

The longest recession in American history took place between 1929 and 1939. Known as the Great Depression, this economic crisis was noteworthy in terms of both its length and its severity.

Before the Christmas break, we ran a short series on how the Great Depression unfolded in Friday's Money Mornings (you can check out the most recent one here, and see the whole history page here).

Based on data reported monthly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, M2 clocked in at $21.448 trillion in ...

The era came to a dramatic and abrupt end in October 1929 when the stock market crashed, paving the way for America's Great Depression in the 1930s. Economic upheaval ensued in the years that ...

However, comparing it to the Great Depression is hyperbolic. This is reminiscent of the old Harry S. Truman adage, “It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you ...

One of the most popular New Deal programs, the Civilian Conservation Corps put three million young men to work in the nation's forests and parks at the height of the Great Depression.

The Wall Street Crash in 1929 plunged the USA into economic depression and led to the Great Depression of the 1930s. What were the main causes of the Depression? Life during the Depression - WJEC ...

Donald Trump has officially revealed when America was last “great”: the 1930s.