What Was the Great Depression?

On October 29, 1929, life in the United States took a turn for the worst. The stock market - the system that controls money in America - plunged to a record low. But this event was only the beginning of many bad years to come. By the early 1930s, one out of three people was not working. People lost their jobs, their houses, or both and ended up in shantytowns called "Hoovervilles" named for the president at the time of the crash. By 1933, many banks had gone under. Though the U.S. has seen other times of struggle, the Great Depression remains one of the hardest and most widespread tragedies in American history. Now it is represented clearly and with 80 illustrations in our What Was...? series.

Author: Janet B. Pascal, Who Hq
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 12/22/2015
Pages: 112
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.50h x 5.20w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9780448484273
ISBN10: 0448484277
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States | 20th Century

About the Author
Janet Pascal is an Executive Production Editor at Viking Children's Books and the author of Who Was Dr. Seuss?, Who Was Maurice Sendak?, and Who Was Abraham Lincoln? She lives in New York City.