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The Great Depression was a time of severe economic depression in the United States and around the world.
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| Bread Line Washington, DC, October 1930 |
years. But most were touched by it in some way. By the time of Franklin Roosevelt's inauguration in 1933, the unemployment rate hovered close to twenty-five percent. Fluctuating during the 1930s, it never fell below 14.3% until 1941."
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"Many people lost all the money they had."
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"In 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected President based on his promises to create Federal Government programs to end the Great Depression. Within 100 days the New Deal was signed into law." Read more here: How did it end?
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