The Great Depression
Though most Americans are aware of the Great Depression of 1929,
which may well be "the most serious problem facing our free enterprise
economic system", few know of the many Americans who lost their homes,
life savings and jobs. This paper briefly states the causes of the
depression and summarizes the vast problems Americans faced during the
eleven years of its span. This paper primarily focuses on what life
was like for farmers during the time of the Depression, as portrayed
in John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, and tells what the government
did to end the Depr…
