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Great Depression

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Great Depression
ˌGreat Deˈpression, the
the severe economic problems that followed the Wall Street Crash of 1929. In the early 1930s, many banks and businesses failed, and millions of people lost their jobs in the US and in the UK and the rest of Europe. ⇨ Jarrow, New Deal