Every intense convulsion of the stock market raises primal fears spawned by the Great Crash of 1929 and the ensuing Great Depression, which dragged on for a full decade and has haunted Americans ever ...

Memories of salvaging and stealing to avoid going hungry are part of the legacy of the Great Depression. Some iReporters say they can't help but look at the current economy and feel the past holds ...

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Front Page from October 24th, 1929: Stocks Crash - Great Depression, 1929. Private Collection. Creator: Historic Object. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images via Getty ...

Part One, America discovers the modern: The jazz age -- Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and Insull -- And then came Ford -- Transformations: New York City -- The view from below: Muncie, Indiana -- ...

The Great Depression, which began in 1929 and ended around 1939, is the longest and most severe U.S. economic downturn in modern history. The 1920s in the U.S. became known as the Roaring '20s, ...

The Great Depression stands as the most devastating economic crisis in modern history. It began in 1929 when the rapid growth of the Roaring Twenties abruptly collapsed, plunging the world into more ...

Each week, The Spokesman-Review examines one question from the Naturalization Test immigrants must pass to become United States citizens. Today’s question: When did the Great Depression start?

We have faced fears, for more than 10 years, that the market is going to experience the kind of crash not seen in nearly a century If we speak about 1929 perhaps we believe we will avoid a similar ...

History records epochal moments by reference to dates; 1066, 1776, 1914, 1929, Dec. 7, 1941, and simply 9/11. You are a highly respected business columnist for The New York Times, a co-anchor for CNBC ...

In 1926, three years before the Great Depression hit, Fred Duesenberg was ordered to create the greatest automobile America had ever seen. Depending on who you ask, that came true on December 1st, ...

The Fed is currently hiking into a recession, like in 1929. But the Fed also hiked during other recessions, like in 1974. History shows that the Fed hikes if necessary, despite the economic and ...