In the 1930s, impoverished state governments returned to the potential honey pot of horse racing to increase revenues.

The Great Depression was the worst economic crisis in US history. More than 15 million Americans were left jobless and unemployment reached 25%.

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The Great Depression was a landmark event that had lasting economic, social, and political repercussions, some of which are still with us nearly a century later. Learn more about the Great Depression ...

Depression-era families got creative with ingredients as they struggled to make ends meet.

While modern economic downturns and crises, such as the 2008 financial crisis or recent inflation, have been challenging and created genuine hardship for millions of families, the sheer scale and ...

The Great Depression was caused by the 1929 stock market crash and plunged the entire country into poverty … right? Maybe not. And though we may assume that life in the Great Depression was, well, ...

A crowd of depositors gather in the rain outside Bank of United States after its failure in 1931 during the Great Depression. Photo by World Telegram staff photographer from the Library of Congress ...

From Dust Bowl epics to rousing comeback tales, these films paint the era's grit through unforgettable characters.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Great Depression is remembered as one of the most difficult periods in American history. In 1933 alone, nearly 13 million ...

Several economical dishes regularly consumed during the Great Depression still sound tasty to us today, including meatloaf, ...

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