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  1. Jul 3, 2024 · How did the Great Depression affect the American economy? How did the United States and other countries recover from the Great Depression? When did the Great Depression end?

  2. In the United States, the Great Depression began with the Wall Street Crash of October 1929 and then spread worldwide. The nadir came in 1931–1933, and recovery came in 1940.

  3. Oct 29, 2009 · The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world, lasting from 1929 to 1939. At its peak, the U.S. unemployment rate topped 20 percent.

  4. Mar 10, 2022 · The Great Depression, a worldwide economic collapse that began in 1929 and lasted roughly a decade, was a disaster that touched the lives of millions of Americans—from investors who saw their...

  5. Jul 13, 2024 · The Great Depression was a devastating and prolonged economic recession that followed the crash of the United States stock market in 1929. It lasted through 1941, the same year that the...

  6. Although it originated in the United States, the Great Depression caused drastic declines in output, severe unemployment, and acute deflation in almost every country of the world. Its social and cultural effects were no less staggering.

  7. The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in US history. It began in 1929 and did not abate until the end of the 1930s.