The Great Depression
By: by Steven Otfinoski
Series: A step into history; Step into history (Scholastic Inc.)
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.; Children's Press; Childrens Pr
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780531226902; 9780531230121
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: New Deal, 1933-1939; Depressions; Juvenile literature; Economic conditions; History
Description: Presents information about the Great Depression that left millions of Americans without jobs, including how people struggled to make a living in a time of high unemployment and how the government tried to solve the country's economic troubles.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 142) and index.
Table of contents: title: Spiraling speculation; title: Black Tuesday; title: Banks go bust; title: A president falters; title: Eking out a living; title: The Bonus Army on the march; title: The shame of a nation; title: Children of the Depression; title: Riding the rails : hobo life; title: Songs of hope and happiness; title: The election of 1932; title: New president, new deal; title: Dams, roads, and bridges; title: Fireside Chats and belly laughs; title: Happy days again; title: Lost in the dust bowl; title: Depression writers; title: The hardest hit : African Americans; title: Public enemy number one; title: The Depression in pictures; title: The rise of dictators; title: The Kingfish; title: The Social Security Act of 1935; title: The election of 1936; title: The Hollywood dream machine; title: The power of organized labor; title: Murals across America; title: The world of tomorrow; title: A new war; title: The legacy of a dark time.