US Department of the Treasury
U.s. Department of the Treasury: History: Andrew W. Mellon (1921 1932)
The Department of Treasury's page on Andrew Mellon. He was Secretary of the Treasury under several presidents.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Herbert Hoover
This site from ibiblio.org gives extensive biographical information on Herbert Hoover based on the collection in the Herbert Hoover Museum.
US Senate
Historical Minutes: An Era of Investigations: 1921 1940
Read these series of essays written by U.S. Senate historians that detail important events and people during the era of investigations in the Senate just before the Great Depression and continuing up to the entrance to World War II. The...
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of the u.s: New Deal
Read about Franklin Roosevelt's background, his political experience before he was elected president in 1932, and his actions to help the people of the United States in the grips of the Great Depression.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Feed the Hungry With Food Stamp Programs
This collection uses primary sources to the history of food stamp programs.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The Decade That Roared
A very brief overview of the decade between the end of World War I and the Great Depression.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Tensions Over Immigration
Section addresses U.S. tensions over immigration and government policies affecting the number of immigrants allowed to enter the U.S. after World War I.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: War and Neutral Rights
This resource presents a brief discussion of U.S. neutrality early in World War I and of the events which brought the country closer to war.
Other
Harvard: Historical Collections: Bubbles, Panics & Crashes
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...
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: War and Neutral Rights
Overview of the outbreak of World War I in Europe and America's desire to remain neutral.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Postwar Unrest
Section on the period of unrest at home and abroad following WWI.
HyperHistory Online
Hyperhistory.com: Timelines of the Great Depression
Peruse this timeline of the Great Depression and gather information about this era in United States History. Short, interesting paragraphs summarize U.S. and world events with an emphasis on economic issues.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The New Deal
This collection uses primary sources to explore the New Deal.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Impact of Television on News Media
This collection uses primary sources to explore the impact of television on news media.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Mexican Labor and Wwii: Bracero Program
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Bracero Program.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: World War Ii: Women on the Home Front
This collection uses primary sources to explore women's work on the home front during World War II.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source: Japanese American Internment in World War Ii
This collection uses primary sources to explore Japanese American internment during World War II.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Attacks on American Soil: Pearl Harbor and September 11
A collection that uses primary sources to compare American responses to Pearl Harbor and September 11.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: President Franklin D. Roosevelt
This companion to the PBS series surveys the career of the longest-serving president in U.S. history and leader through the Great Depression and World War II.
US Department of State
Info Usa: Foreign Trade and Global Economic Policies
U.S. foreign trade and global economic policies have changed direction dramatically during the more than two centuries that the United States has been a country. In the early days of the nation's history, government and business mostly...
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: The Wall Street Crash
Features interesting facts and information on the story of the history and events in the 1929 Wall Street Crash and Black Tuesday.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: The Economics of the New Deal
The stock-market crash of 1929 is generally seen as the start of The Great Depression, the worst economic downturn in the history of the United States. The Depression had devastating effects on the country. But it also served as a...