"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...

"Offers 12 different views on the economic downturn of the 1930s. Each page provides information about what happened during the Great Depression and how it affected different people, along with interesting sidebars, questions to consider, and historical images."--Amazon.com.