Extra+credit-The+Great+Deppresion!!!

The Great Depression started in October 1929. President Herbert Hoover held office when the great depression began and the stock market in America dropped rapidly. Alot of investors lost alot of money and were wiped out.The ensuing period was the longest and worst period of unemployment. Banks, stores and factories were closed and left millions of people without jobs and homes. People started to depend on the government or charity to provide them with food. There was a decrease in world trade. Nations changed their leader and their type of government.