What Was the Great Depression? (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

by Janet B. Pascal

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780606375504
Publisher:	Perfection Learning Corporation
Publication date:	04/04/2019
Series:	What Was? Series
Edition description:	THIS EDITION IS INTENDED FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	5.19(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.31(d)
Lexile:	790L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

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."