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The Great Depression lasted from 1929 to 1939 and was a severe global downturn involving unemployment, poverty, falling production, collapsing trade, and widespread bank/business failures.
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic downturn lasting from 1929 to 1939. It was marked by very high unemployment and poverty, sharp drops in industrial production and international trade, and widespread failures of banks and businesses. The crisis is commonly traced to the Wall Street Crash of 1929 in the United States, after which economic damage spread globally, affecting countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany. In the United States, optimism early on after the crash gave way to a prolonged slump: stock values continued falling until a low point around July 1932, and confidence in the financial system collapsed. By 1933, the U.S. unemployment rate had risen to about 25%, many banks had failed (including thousands of closures by 1930–1933), and the economy contracted dramatically. Policy responses also shaped the timeline: President Herbert Hoover initially resisted heavy intervention and signed the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act in 1930, which worsened conditions through reduced trade and retaliation. In 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt took office and launched expansive New Deal programs aimed at relief and job creation. Internationally, the Depression deepened as protectionism reduced world trade, and the gold standard helped spread deflation across countries; recovery varied, and the Depression effectively ended with the economic stimulus of World War II beginning in 1939.
The Great Depression lasted from 1929 to 1939 and was a severe global downturn involving unemployment, poverty, falling production, collapsing trade, and widespread bank/business failures.
The crisis is often dated from the Wall Street Crash of 1929, followed by continued market decline through about July 1932 and major financial-system breakdown.
U.S. unemployment and bank failures peaked by 1933 (with unemployment around 25% and many banks closed), prompting a shift from Hoover’s limited response to Roosevelt’s New Deal beginning in 1933.
Protectionism (notably the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act in 1930) and the gold standard contributed to the spread and severity of the downturn by reducing trade and reinforcing deflation across countries.
World War II starting in 1939 ended the Depression by stimulating production and employment.
A severe worldwide economic downturn from 1929 to 1939 characterized by mass unemployment, falling industrial output, collapsing trade, and widespread financial and business failures.
The major U.S. stock market crash in October 1929 (including Black Thursday, Black Monday, and Black Tuesday) often treated as the starting point of the Depression’s spread.
A U.S. tariff law passed in June 1930 that raised import duties and is widely viewed as worsening the Depression by contributing to reduced international trade and retaliation.
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s expansive set of programs beginning in 1933 to provide relief, create jobs, and stimulate recovery during the Depression.
A monetary system that tied currency value to gold, which helped transmit deflation internationally and prolonged downturns for countries that stayed on it.
The global conflict that began in 1939 and ended the Depression by boosting industrial production and employment needs.
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