The Great Depression
The Great Depression
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The Great Depression Facts

Brain Snacks

In 1931, African colonial subjects in the Cameroons raised a collection of $3.77, mailing it to the mayor of New York City to aid America's starving. In 1933, 100,000 Americans applied for visas to...

Quotes

"In other periods of depression, it has always been possible to see some things which were solid and upon which you could base hope, but as I look about, I now see nothing to give ground to hope...

Statistics

The Economy During the Great Depression US Gross Domestic Product (current dollars) The Great Crash, 1929-1933 in 1929: $103.6 billion in 1930: $91.2 in 1931: $76.5 in 1932: $58.7 in 1933: $56.4 Ne...

Acronyms

Gross National Product American Federation of Labor Communist Party USA Congress of Industrial Organizations