Life expectancy during the peak years of the Great Depression increased 6.2 years -- from 57.1 years in 1929 to 63.3 years in 1933 -- according to University of Michigan researchers Jose A.

Farmers had already been struggling before the Great Depression. During the 1920s, the modernisation of farming, including the use of new fertilisers and farm machinery, had led to overproduction.

The Wall Street Crash in 1929 plunged the USA into economic depression and led to the Great Depression of the 1930s. What were the main causes of the Depression? Life during the Depression - WJEC ...

former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke actually apologized for the Federal Reserve’s actions during the Great Depression, placing much of the blame on the Fed itself. Around the time of the Great ...

Not everyone who hit it big during the Great Depression was born with a silver ... She worked the vaudeville circuit for much of her life, and broke through to bigger success when she wrote ...

Other countries including Germany and Britain also suffered economic declines during this period. While the U.S. has imposed tariffs on some imported goods since the late 1700s, did tariffs cause the ...

its worth during the Great Depression was staggering. Adjusted for inflation, the cash would amount to roughly $40,000 today, a sum that could have been life-changing back then. The Gilsons ...

These young itinerant Americans were all searching for a better life; what they found was ... Teenagers on the Move During the Great Depression, by Errol Uys, visit his website.

Two ranch workers dream of a better life during the Great Depression, finding solace in their friendship and aspirations. An ...

In this Oct. 9, 1930 file photo, thousands of unemployed people gather outside City Hall in Cleveland during the Great Depression, after some 2,000 jobs were made available for park improvements ...