The Great Depression
In the mid-1930s, famine stalked the dust-choked fields of the American heartland. Across the ocean, banking crises fueled popular unrest, allowing the Nazi Party to assume control of the German state. What caused the Great Depression? Did the world’s interconnectedness increase its vulnerability? And could it happen again?

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Global Great Depression

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Global Great Depression
The Great Depression was about as fun as it sounds. Like most difficult historical events, this economic disaster changed how people lived, and how they wanted to live.
Source Collection: Economy in the Interwar Period

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Source Collection: Economy in the Interwar Period
How did different nations attempt to overcome economic crises? The sources in this collection will help you formulate a response to this question.
The Global Story of the 1930s

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The Global Story of the 1930s
The Great Depression was about as fun as it sounds. Like most difficult historical events, this economic disaster changed how people lived, and how they wanted to live.
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Lesson 7.2
The Great Depression
The political and social fallout from the Great Depression shook societies across the globe. Learn how the US stock-market crash spiraled into a worldwide economic disaster and set the stage for bigger conflicts ahead.
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The Economy in the Interwar Period
The 1929 US stock-market crash triggered a global depression due to growing economic interdependence. Nations reacted differently, with many states gaining power and some turning toward authoritarian rule.
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