Great Depression era
Economic collapse decade
The Great Depression era refers to the period of severe worldwide economic downturn from roughly 1929 to the late 1930s, marked by mass unemployment, bank failures, and widespread poverty.
The phrase typically modifies nouns to evoke that historical context: Great Depression era photographs, Great Depression era policies.
It suggests hardship, scarcity, and the distinctive cultural atmosphere of the 1930s.
- Black TuesdayHistoric stock market crash
- breadlinesQueues for free food
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
- povertySevere lack of resources
- deflationSustained decrease in prices
Franklin D. Roosevelt · Herbert Hoover · Glass-Steagall Act · relief programs · Dust Bowl · folk music revival · bank holidays · Hoovervilles · Woody Guthrie · gold standard · soup kitchens · hard times · fireside chats · Social Security Act · stock market crash · hunger · bank failures · homelessness
Great Depression eraRoaring Twenties
Prosperous 1920s era
prosperity · economic boom · Gilded Age · Jazz Age · economic expansion
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