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.

Product details

• Authors: Janet Pascal, Janet B Pascal, Janet B. Pascal, Janet/ Putra Pascal, Pascal Janet B., Dede Putra, Who HQ
• Assisted by: Dede Putra (Illustration)
• Publisher: Penguin Young Readers US
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2015
• EAN: 9780448484273
• ISBN: 978-0-448-48427-3
• No. of pages: 112
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 194 mm x 6 mm
• Series: What Was...?; What Was?; Penguin Young Readers Group
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; USA, 20th Century, History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage), JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Educational: History