| What Was the Great Depression? Bound for Schoo Edition Contributor(s): Pascal, Janet (Author) |
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ISBN: 0606375503 ISBN-13: 9780606375504 Publisher: Turtleback Books OUR PRICE: $15.60 Product Type: Prebound - Other Formats Published: December 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - 20th Century - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - General |
| Dewey: 973.910 |
| LCCN: 2015040464 |
| Lexile Measure: 790 |
| Series: What Was...? |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.3" W x 7.5" (0.50 lbs) 112 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 180223 Reading Level: 5.5 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: On October 29, 1929, life in the United States took a turn for the worst. The stock market the system that controls money in America plunged to a record low. But this event was only the beginning of many bad years to come. By the early 1930s, one out of three people was not working. People lost their jobs, their houses, or both and ended up in shantytowns called Hoovervilles named for the president at the time of the crash. By 1933, many banks had gone under. Though the U.S. has seen other times of struggle, the Great Depression remains one of the hardest and most widespread tragedies in American history. Now it is represented clearly and with 80 illustrations in our What Was ? series." |