The Great Depression (1929-1939) was one of the hardest economic periods in American history. With unemployment reaching 25%, ...

The Great Depression is remembered as the worst recession in modern U.S. history. By the end of 1932, the Great Depression had impacted roughly 60 million people. Some, including middle-class ...

24/7 Tempo has compiled a list of foods that were eaten during the Depression, using sources such as the Daily Meal, Eat This, Not Tha t, Hunger to Hope, The Travel, and Historynet.

Life expectancy during the peak years of the Great Depression increased 6.2 years -- from 57.1 years in 1929 to 63.3 years in 1933 -- according to University of Michigan researchers Jose A. Tapia ...

The Great Depression diet: 4 ways our eating habits have changed since the 1930s 4 ways our eating habits have changed since the 1930s Published: Nov. 30, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. ET ...

Cadillac is well-known today as one of America’s longest lasting luxury brands, but the 122-year-old automaker would have gone belly up during the Great Depression if it weren’t for opening ...

In the 1930s during the Great Depression, cash was tight for working-class and middle-class Americans – so money toward nonessentials, including the arts, dried up as people saved what they could.

The Great Depression is a paradigmatic example. It lasted from 1929 to 1939 and was devastating in terms of its severity and impact. During the Great Depression, the U.S. faced: ...

Living With Debt During the Great Depression, many middle-class families were shouldering consumer debt.They couldn’t keep up with the repayments once the economy tanked and their jobs were lost.

The Great Depression is remembered as the worst recession in modern U.S. history. By the end of 1932, the Great Depression had impacted roughly 60 million people. Some, including middle-class ...