Essay Archive - The Great Depression
The Great Depression
Though most Americans are aware of the Great Depression of 1929, which may
well be "the most serious problem facing our free enterprise economic
system,"( ) few know of the many Americans who lost their
homes, life savings and jobs. This paper briefly states the causes of the
depression and summarizes the vast problems Americans faced during the
eleven years of its span. This paper primarily focuses on what life was
like for farmers during the time of the Depression, as portrayed in John
Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, an....
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