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During the Great Depression, many schools across the United States closed because of a lack of money. Despite the hard times, North Carolina did not neglect the education of its children and youth. Not a single public school in the state shut its doors because of the Depression.
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When the Great Depression began much of the farm land in Alabama was in poor condition because farmers planted the same crops year after year without rotating them and farmers could not sell their produce, and cotton prices were to low.
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In the United States, the Great Depression began soon after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945
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The crash wiped out many people's investments and the public was understandably shaken. When bank failures erased the savings of those who weren't even invested in the stock market, people were shattered. Although the market crash was unavoidable, the bank failures could have been prevented with better regulation.
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The stock market crash was on Wall Street .The Wall Street Crash was the U.S. Stock Market crash of October 29, 1929, which precipitated a world-wide collapse of share values and triggered the Great Depression – 10 years of economic slump
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Unemployment during the Great Depression climbed to double digit levels and remained that way for close to 10 years.
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The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as Black Tuesday (October 29), Great Crash, or the Stock Market Crash of 1929, it was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States.
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They would make toys from corn shucks, hickory limbs, or checkers. The children would fly homemade kites. Some children played marbles, horseshoes, or checkers. Some famlies had fiddles or pianos, and many enjoyed singing together.
