History
In what year did the Great Depression begin?
1929
Background
The Great Depression started in 1929 with the stock market crash in New York. Millions of people lost their savings and their jobs. Banks and companies went bankrupt. The crisis spread from the USA to the rest of the world. It lasted until the late 1930s.
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