What Exactly Was the “Great Depression” ?

Question by MsPleasure: What exactly was the “Great Depression” ?
I’ve always heard bits and pieces about it. I know a lot of people went through hard times; that’s about it.

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Answer by JeffK
Lotsa good info here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression

Answer by Superman!
The great depression was something that hit around 1929 it was a really big issue people losing jobs a lot more . one of the causes was the stock market crash which messed up many buyers the ones who sold more , than they purchased like merchants. They loss lots of money people went homeless and there were like voucher’s that the government that they gave out to family’s with money on it so they could buy food with it.

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