What was the Great Depression?
Title:
What was the Great Depression?
Author:
Pascal, Janet B., author.
ISBN:
9780448484273
9781484477403
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Summary
Summary
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.
Author Notes
Janet Pascal is an Executive Production Editor at Viking Children's Books and the author of Who Was Dr. Seuss?,Who Was Maurice Sendak? ,and Who Was Abraham Lincoln? She lives in New York City.
Excerpts
Excerpts
Title Page Dedication Copyright What Was the Great Depression? Time to Have Fun The Bubble Bursts The Banks Fail Hoovervilles and Hobos Losing the Farm Roosevelt to the Rescue Big Changes The Dust Bowl More Big Changes War! The Power of the President Timelines Bibliography What Was the Great Depression? In the fall of 1928, Herbert Hoover, future president of the United States, announced, "We in America today are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before in the history of any land." Most citizens agreed. Life was the best it had ever been. Only 4 percent of the population was unemployed--four out of every one hundred workers. A little more than a year later, financial panic had taken over. The New York stock market crashed. Millionaires were ruined. Ordinary citizens lost everything. Excerpted from What Was the Great Depression? by Janet Pascal All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.Age: 8-12.
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What was--?
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English
2015
Pascal, Janet B., author.
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Putra, Dede, illustrator.
American history -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- History -- 1919-1933 -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Juvenile literature.
Book -- Juvenile.
Nonfiction -- History.
Pascal, Janet B., author.
Pascal, Janet B., author.
Putra, Dede, illustrator.
Depressions -- 1929 -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
American history -- Juvenile literature.
973.91 PAS
United States -- History -- 1919-1933 -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Juvenile literature.
Depressions -- 1929 -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
American history -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- History -- 1919-1933 -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Juvenile literature.
Book -- Juvenile.
Nonfiction -- History.
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Depressions -- 1929 -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
2015
What was the Great Depression?
2015
"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."--Provided by publisher.
What was the Great Depression? -- Time to have fun -- The bubble bursts -- The banks fail -- Hoovervilles and hobos -- Losing the farm -- Roosevelt to the rescue -- Big changes: the dust bowl -- More big changes: war! -- The power of the president -- Timelines.
9780448484273
9781484477403
108 pages, [16] unpaged pages of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm.
"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."--Provided by publisher.
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What was--?
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What was the Great Depression?
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Fort Gay Public Library
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Hurricane Public Library
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