The+Great+Depression


 * The Great Depression**

Although the United States had experienced several depressions before the stock market crash on October 27, 1929. None of them had been as severe nor as long lasting before Black Thursday struck Wall Street. No one knew how best to respond to the crisis. Many sank into despair and shame after they could not find jobs. The suicide rates increased from 14 to 17 per 100,000. Protest that did occur was local, not national: "farm holidays," neighbors of foreclosed farmers refusing to bid on farms at auction, neighbors moving evicted tenants' furniture back in, and local hunger marches. The Great Depression ended as nations increased their production of war materials at the start of World War II. This increased production provided jobs and put large amounts of money back into circulation.