Resource Guides: GEN: Great U.S. History Websites: 1920's/Great Depression

1920's & the Stock Market Crash

The Crash of 1929: Headlines
News articles covering the crash and its effects through 1929.
Web Special: The Crash of 1929
New York Times headlines and articles from Oct. 1929.
Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy, 1921-1929 (LOC)
Provides primary sources focusing on the US mass consumer economy and the role of government. Sources include official documents, pamphlets, images, audio and more.

Americans React to the Great Depression (LOC)
Part of a series on the Depression and WWII. Provides overview with primary source documents.
The New Deal (LOC)
In July of 1932, in the midst of the greatest economic crisis in U.S. history, Franklin D. Roosevelt accepted the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination, promising “a new deal for the American people.”
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That promise became a series of relief, recovery, and reform programs designed to provide assistance to the unemployed and poor, revive the economy, and change the financial system to prevent another depression.
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945) (National Archives)
Primary source documents and images, including links to other National Archive resources.
Consumer Advertising During the Great Depression: A Resource Guide (LOC)
"explores primary and secondary sources that examine the advertising industry from 1929 to 1933, including advertising agencies, consumer protection groups, and topical sources on gender, race, and radio in advertising."
Documents from Roosevelt's First One Hundred Days
Collection of primary source images, memorabilia and documents.
Hoover and the Great Depression
This webpage offers secondary resources and insight into President Hoover's economic policies and their impact.