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 United States experienced a Great Depression during the 1930s causing one-quarter of its workforce to be unemployed.

Depression-era food scarcities forced cooks to get creative and stretch their budgets, even during holidays. But some recipes ...

COLUMN. In 1930, the US sharply increased its tariffs, exacerbating the Great Depression. At a time when Donald Trump has ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 racetrack was one of the few places to gamble in the 1930s, Archive Photos By the time the Great Depression descended ... only 25 remained. The American bans proved a boon to the Mexican ...

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.

The longest recession in American history took place between 1929 and 1939. Known as the Great ... supply in the 1930s, which strangled liquidity and effectively prolonged the depression.

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 ...