The Great Depression lasted through the 1930s in America, finally dissipating just before the country mobilized for World War II. With factories suddenly working beyond capacity to supply the war ...
The Great Depression lasted through the 1930s in America, finally dissipating just before the country mobilized for World War II. With factories suddenly working beyond capacity to supply the war ...
In 1930, a rally of unemployed people became a riot as police charged the crowd. There were strikes and bitter clashes in many American ... the severity of the Great Depression.
Before radar had been invented a devastating hurricane hit America, surprising residents of the East Coast and killing more than 600 people. At the height of the Great Depression, more than a ...
The popularity of the radio continued to increase throughout the Great Depression. By 1930, around 40 per cent of the American population owned a radio set, and this number had more than doubled ...
Last week, we began looking at why the 1929 stockmarket crash turned into the Great Depression ... At the start of 1930, Fisher warned in Time magazine that the world needed to reconsider the ...
During the Great Depression, casting gangsters as heroes created a new film genre that symbolized the decay of American society ... Appearing in 1930, it starred Edward G. Robinson as Caesar ...
With low unemployment, robust GDP growth, and a buoyant stock market, America appears to be performing well economically. But there is a notable disconnect on social media, where many express a ...