Overview
The widespread prosperity of the 1920s ended abruptly with the stock market crash in October 1929 and the great economic depression that followed.
Americans React to the Great Depression
The Great Depression began in 1929 when, in a period of ten weeks, stocks on the New York Stock Exchange lost 50 percent of their value.
Race Relations in the 1930s and 1940s
The problems of the Great Depression affected virtually every group of Americans. No group was harder hit than African Americans, however.
World War II
After the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor in December, 1941, the United States declared war on Japan. Germany and Italy declared war on the U.S. a few days later, and the nation became fully engaged in the Second World War.
Overview The widespread prosperity of the 1920s ended abruptly with the stock market crash in October 1929 and the great economic depression that followed.
Americans React to the Great Depression The Great Depression began in 1929 when, in a period of ten weeks, stocks on the New York Stock Exchange lost 50 percent of their value.
Art and Entertainment in the 1930s and 1940s Even during "Hard Times" and wartime, people need to be entertained. The American people in the 1930s and 1940s were no exception.
The Dust Bowl Between 1930 and 1940, the southwestern Great Plains region of the United States suffered a severe drought.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the New Deal In the summer of 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Governor of New York, was nominated as the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party.
Labor Unions During the Great Depression and New Deal In the early 1930s, as the nation slid toward the depths of depression, the future of organized labor seemed bleak.
Race Relations in the 1930s and 1940s The problems of the Great Depression affected virtually every group of Americans. No group was harder hit than African Americans, however.
World War II After the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor in December, 1941, the United States declared war on Japan. Germany and Italy declared war on the U.S. a few days later, and the nation became fully engaged in the Second World War.