The Great Depression

The World's Worst Economic Slump
"There are nine of us in the family. My father is out of work for a couple of months and we haven't got a thing to eat in the house....I go to school each day. My other sister hain't got any shoes or clothes to go to school. My mother goes in her bare feet and she cries every night that we don't have any help." (Katz, 1978, p. 50)
Crash! The stock market crashes and the whole country runs crazy. The Great Depression is the worst economic period the United States has every faced. The unemployment rates were at their highest ever and tons of people lost their life savings. No one was expecting such a tragic event, but it was bound to happen. The point of this paper is to explore The Great Depression and show how the United States was in a period of poverty and unemployment.
Part One: Background Information
<Tab/>It is in the 1920's. It is a time of great mass culture, employment rates going up, and a time of prosperity. …