Read about how in just five days a shaky stock market crashed and helped plunge the country into the Great Depression.

Analyzes the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and looks closely at the factors leading up to the Crash. Gives a perspective from the State of Michigan. A Graph is included to show the rise of unemployment during the Great Depression....

From the extensive and very approachable series, Freedom: A History of US, based on the books by Joy Hakim, read about the stock market crash in 1929 and its ramifications.

The Roaring Twenties was a time of great prosperity in America and Virginia. However, it ended with a bust that shook our country to its core. Imagine the culture of this time with the help of pictures, charts, and maps. This slideshow...

Read about the creeping descent into depression in the United States upon the crash of the stock market. Find out how the economy collapsed, and how that affected employment and the lives of millions.

Teacher-created site that examines the flow of events that led to the outbreak of World War II.

President Herbert Hoover spent his life in public service, and was a very intelligent man, but he was not able to see the problems caused by the Great Depression. Read about his comments and presidential actions in dealing with this...

The stock market crash on October 29, 1929, was the culmination of fraudulent practices of many forms in the 1920s. Read about Charles Ponzi and his schemes to make money, stock swindles, and stock speculation.

Depressions are sustained troughs in the business cycle characterized by declines in output, employment, income, and trade. While they date from the earliest years of American history, little is known about them from the Colonial Era....

This 3-page article provides a general overview of the devastation caused by the fallen stock market during the Depression.

Discover the causes, effects, the Black Blizzards, and the response to the Dust Bowl.

Financial crises have happened before, and - if history is any guide - they will happen again. One year after the subprime mortgage crisis, this Baker Library Historical Collections exhibit documents four major crises that occurred in an...