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 ...

The American economy had suffered economic downturns and slumps before, but the Great Depression was the worst in the country’s history. It affected more people and lasted much longer.

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.

One Metro Detroit psychiatrist said the findings of the study, published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, is the most thorough study to date on the worsening depression ...