1930s - 375,000 Okies and Arkies (people from Oklahoma and Arkansas) migrate to California. Most of them were not fleeing the Dust Bowl and weren’t even farmers. They were moving toward economic ...

The longest recession in American history took place between 1929 and 1939. Known as the Great Depression, this economic crisis was noteworthy in terms of both its length and its severity.

"Timeline." Federal Reserve History ... "Farm Relief 1929-1941." Iowa PBS. "The Great Depression Hits Farms and Cities in the 1930s." U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.

Before the Christmas break, we ran a short series on how the Great Depression unfolded in Friday's Money Mornings (you can check out the most recent one here, and see the whole history page here).

One of the most popular New Deal programs, the Civilian Conservation Corps put three million young men to work in the nation's forests and parks at the height of the Great Depression.

The Wall Street Crash in 1929 plunged the USA into economic depression and led to the Great Depression of the 1930s. What were the main causes of the Depression? Life during the Depression - WJEC ...