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).
This segment begins to tell the story of the Courtney family who homesteaded in this area of South Dakota and later fell victim to the land crisis surrounding the Dust Bowl and Great Depression.
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.
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.
Shortly thereafter, America’s economy slumped into the Great Depression. Though misconceptions about them abound, these events have had a huge influence on decision-makers ever since.
In October of that year, the US stock market tumbled, which in concert with myriad economic factors kicked off the Great Depression, a worldwide economic disaster that would send ripples through ...
During the Great Depression, I remember drawing my foot ... wed in December 1963 and chose to spend much of their lives in ...
With case studies of actors like Shirley Temple, Cary Grant and Fred Astaire, as well as a selection of films that reflect politics and society in the Depression decade, this fascinating book examines ...
A tropical depression has formed over the southwestern ... but it would not bring anything but rain to the rest of South Florida. Expect rain from Sunday through Wednesday, with the most falling ...