The longest recession in American history took place between 1929 and 1939. Known as the Great Depression, this economic crisis was noteworthy in terms of both its length and its severity.

One of the most popular New Deal programs, the Civilian Conservation Corps put three million young men to work in the nation's forests and parks at the height of the Great Depression.

Images of the Great Depression haunt the pages of history, as well as our collective unconscious. Men selling apples on street corners or making runs on banks, women and children in bread lines ...

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 ...