great depression, 1929-1939

Describes the stock market crash of 1929, covering the factors that led to it, the events of October 1929, and the crash's impact on the U.S.

During the "Great Depression," a family seeking work finds employment for two weeks digging potatoes in Idaho.

A selection of sources and interpretations designed to help students understand the factors leading up to the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and discover how the crash affected life in America.

A history of the Depression years in America, from 1929-1941, discussing the period of economic collapse, and considering its impact upon all phases of American civilization, including the family, church, work, education, the arts, morals, and recreation.

During the Depression, in the Ozarks of Missouri, thirteen-year-old Thad has adventures selling moonshine and fishing with a rich visitor.

Jim, living with his mother and three uncles in the small hamlet of Aliceville, North Carolina, comes of age in the Depression years and begins to realize the largeness of the world outside his happy home.

Examines the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the sweeping changes he initiated with his "New Deal" for the American people, and how the New Deal brought the United States out of the Great Depression.

Argues that the stock market crash of 1929 and subsequent Depression occurred as a result of poor decisions on the part of four central bankers who jointly attempted to reconstruct international finance by reinstating the gold standard.

Ninety-year-old Jacob Jankowski finds himself haunted by memories of his past in the circus and the freaks, exotic animals, and other people he encountered as a performer.

In the mid- to late-1930s, Risky Chance grows from a spirited colt to a winning racehorse, but an injury and the Great Depression bring hardship that only a special little girl can help him overcome.