The decade of the 1930s can be defined in two parts: The Great Depression, and the restoration of the American economy. America was shaken by Stock Market Crash of 1929. ... By 1939 public attention focused increasingly on foreign policy and national defense. ... Paradoxically, the entertainment industry took off at rapid rates during the Depression. ... Later, in 1939, Bob Kane created Batman. ...

• Word Count: 1986
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• Grade Level: High School

The most famous depression in modern times, of course, was the one that began in a typical financial panic in 1929 and lasted until the advent of World War II. ... Here in this comparison, I will try to draw parallel between causes and responses to the "depression " in 1929-39 and today's "crunch ". ... If we make comparison in history of American economy the credit condition was never this much poor like they poor today except the period of Great Depression. Actually a lot of articles are arguing that today crisis almost similar to the crisis which took place in 1929-39 and sometimes eve...

• Word Count: 1664
• Approx Pages: 7
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

After World War I, the United States went back to their old principle, "We shun political commitments which might entangle us in foreign wars,"" as FDR said in 1936 during the Great Depression . ... The United States went through a lull between the wars, from 1918 to 1939. ... In 1929 a chain reaction from downward up to the crashing of the stock market began the Great Depression. ... But America was hit the worst by the Depression. ... This caused other countries disturbance, but they were all busy with their own affairs "getting through the Great Depression. ...

• Word Count: 2883
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School