1. Ten Major Events That Shaped the United States
Great Depression: The minds of others changed when the Great Depression occurred. ... The Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 precipitated the Great Depression; The worst economic downturn in the history of the nation. The depression had devastating effects on the country. ... The depression lasted over a decade, with hundreds of thousands of Americans losing their jobs, businesses failing, and financial institutions collapsing. At the time of the Great Depression, government intervention in the economy was higher than it had ever been and a special government agenc...
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