Many people today are unfamiliar with the term “Great Depres­sion” and the profound signifi­cance it holds in global history. The Great Depression, which began in 1929 and lasted through the 1930s, ...

The 1930s were marked by the Great Depression, a time of severe economic downturn that began with the stock market crash of 1929. Millions of Americans were thrown into poverty as unemployment ...

Most historians look back on Smoot-Hawley as a mistake. But tariffs have a new champion in President Donald Trump.

Seven months later the nation was rocked by the onset of the Great Depression. As the Depression proved to be more than a temporary economic downturn, Hoover resisted pressure to take a more ...