The economy of the United States began to prosper between the years of 1917 to the 1920's. Factories were built. People got good wages. Employment was broad, thus creating a strong labor force. The stock market was a success and people got rich. American goods were being traded all across the world. Then, suddenly, something hit the United States, and the whole world. A great depression hit the United States.

The crash in the stock market lead to a depression, the greatest the world has faced, thus called the great depression. The term depression means that there was no movement in the economy. Today, historians blame Herbert Roosevelt, president of the United States from 1929 to 1933, and his policies for this economic crash. Herbert Hoover, during the depression, proves how conservative he is in handling the depression, yet...