In “A History of the United States in Five Crashes,” author Scott Nations explains the five large crashes in the U.S. up until this point, and how they affected the nation. In 1929, the market crashed again. The 1920s were booming, with everyone spending like they were rich. This came crashing down in October of 1929 when the stock market crashed, and the nation entered the Great Depression for the next ten years. The end of the Great Depression did not come until the start of World War II, when nearly 17 million unemployed people were given war jobs through the draft and the jobs left after people went away to war.
In “Why the Great Depression Was Great,” author Michael Bernstein discusses why the Great Depression was as massive and ongoing as it was. This depression lasted about 10 years, when most of the other recessions the nation has been through have not lasted nearly as long. Many economists try to figure out why this one lasted, and why war was the only means of getting out of it.
In “The Path to Freedom,” author Walter Greason discusses the transition of the nation from more agricultural to more industrial, as well as the Civil Rights Movement and the path that African Americans had to take. He talks about some of the first notable people in the Civil Rights generation and everything they did to invoke social change across the nation.
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