The Great Depression (1929-1939) was one of the hardest economic periods in American history. With unemployment reaching 25%, families had to stretch every dollar, make do with what they had, and get ...
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The federal government under President Herbert Hoover was criticized for a lack of sweeping reforms early in the economic ...
There are also fears that the tariffs could trigger an economic downturn reminiscent of the Great Depression nearly a century ...
Men eating bread and soup at a breadline during The Great Depression ... with the American people under which the government would intervene in the economy to try and solve the depression.