The Great Depression of the 1930s During the 1930s, the Canadian nation suffered through the Great Depression. The Depression resulted from the culmination of several components, primarily the collapse of the American stock market. As a result of Canada’s close alliance to the American econo...

CAUSES OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 is a year that most of our grandparents or great-grandparents remember, as it was a year when one of the most significant events occurred in the history of the United States and affected other nations globally. It was the year the Great Depression began. Pr...

The Great Depression of the 1930s was the economic event of the 20th century. The history of the depression is fascinating because it is a reference point for economic misery and fear. The Great Depression began in October 1929, when the stock market in the United States dropped rapidly. Thousands o...

ECONOMIC REFORM The Great Depression was the worst economic slump ever in U.S. history. It ranked as the worst and longest period of high unemployment and low business activity in modern times. The depression began in late 1929 and lasted for about a decade. Many factors led to the onset and con...

The Great Depression was the worst economic slide in the history of the United States. It left many emotional and physiological scars, “invisible scars” as one writer called it, on the American people. There were many contributing factors to the causes of the Great Depression, which came along...