this page is committed to the history of the great depression. and how they pulled out of this hot mess!
the great depression happened in 1929 and lasted for 10 yrs. when the great depression hit people started to panic and left people broke. then over 7.yrs buying and savings dropped. making the prices drop and causing factories to shut down. unemployment rates went up. companies laid off workers. by 1933 their is 13-15 million american's that are unemployed. and all the banks are shut down. then president Franklin d. Roosevelt come's into office and offers many relief program's. it helped america out of debt slowly until 1939, then ww2 comes along and makes American's industries work fast.