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What Was the Great Depression? / by Janet B. Pascal ; illustrated by Dede Putra.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: What was--?Description: 108 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780448484273 (pbk)
  • 0448484277 (pbk)
  • 9781484477403
  • 1484477405
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.91 PAS
Contents:
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.
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."--Provided by publisher.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Non Fiction MVS Library Main room-back corner G- Nonfiction (Juvenile) 973.91 PAS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 4008484

Includes bibliographical references (page 108).

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.

"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.

Age: 8-12.

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