USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Great Depression History. The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world, lasting from the stock market crash of 1929 to 1939.

Detailed explanation-2: -1929–1941. The longest and deepest downturn in the history of the United States and the modern industrial economy lasted more than a decade, beginning in 1929 and ending during World War II in 1941.

Detailed explanation-3: -Among the suggested causes of the Great Depression are: the stock market crash of 1929; the collapse of world trade due to the Smoot-Hawley Tariff; government policies; bank failures and panics; and the collapse of the money supply.

Detailed explanation-4: -Chapter 3: From the “Golden Age” to the Great Depression: 1900-1929. The period 1900 to the great stock market crash of 1929, was one of dramatic change in American society in general, agriculture in particular, and the Senate Agriculture Committee specifically.