A simple way to explain the situation of the Great Depression is dismal. Entire families were uprooted from the solid foundations that they created several years before. This was a time of immeasurable economic instability, and as many of us have read, the depression started with the atrocious crash of the stock market in 1929. It is true that the crash was the fire starter for this grave situation, but our countries economy troubles started to …showed first 75 words of 2291 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2291 total…deeper in "the hole" until it could no longer fall anymore. A new face showed up in office, Franklin Roosevelt, and he sparked economic growth immediately in 1933. Although America was not completely out of the depression, the end was near. World War II came along in 1939 and created an economic boom by creating jobs and new funds due to increased production in America. With America jumping out of its hole, the Great Depression finally died.