What was the Great Depression and why did it start in the USA?
… The depression was caused by a number of serious weaknesses in the economy. Although the 1920s appeared on the surface to … the Depression in 1933, nearly 25% of the Nation's total work force, 12,830,000 people, were unemployed. Wage income … youths and to improve the environment, the WPA (Works Progress Administration) gave jobs to thousands of unemployed …