President Trump on Wednesday said that the 1930s Great Depression wouldn’t have happened if tariffs had continued, while ...

Many people today are unfamiliar with the term “Great Depres­sion” and the profound signifi­cance it holds in global history. The Great Depression, which began in 1929 and lasted through the 1930s, ...

The Great Depression began with “Black Tuesday” on Oct. 29, 1929, when a panic selloff triggered a stock market collapse, wiping out thousands of investors who had borrowed heavily.

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.

The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 raised tariffs and worsened the Great Depression. Prior to the Great Depression, Republicans were the pro-tariff party. Tariffs haven't been raised this ...

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.