The Great Depression started with the stock market crash of 1929, and was the most severe economic downturn in modern history. At its peak in the early 1930s, unemployment in the U.S. reached around ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Great Depression is remembered as one of the most difficult periods in American history. In 1933 alone, nearly 13 million ...

While modern economic downturns and crises, such as the 2008 financial crisis or recent inflation, have been challenging and created genuine hardship for millions of families, the sheer scale and ...