Great Depression

See how Henry Kaiser's love for a young lady spurred him to build the Hoover Dam and the great military war ships.

How did President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal get the American economy back on track?

President Franklin Roosevelt creates a series of programs designed to help America cope with, and recover from the Great Depression.

In the early 1930s, the Tennessee River Valley used to flood every spring. FDR created the Tennessee Valley Authority to fix the problem.

By giving support to an army of creative workers, the government was able to lift the prospects of an entire nation.

For decades, experts believed they knew what caused the Hindenburg disaster. But there may be more to this story.

Discover how one of the darkest economic times in American history helped the nation reinvent itself.

Elected in 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt was a reassuring presence for many Americans through the trials of the Great Depression.

Dorothea Lange captured the reality of the Great Depression in the faces of those who struggled most.

The 1939 World's Fair in New York City tried to predict what life would be like beyond the 20th century. "Elektro" is a perfect example.

Explore how the Great Depression of the 1930s forced America to consider having a social safety net, leading President FDR to sign the Social Security Act into law via his New Deal programs. Learn how Social Security has changed over time.

Black Thursday brings the roaring twenties to a screaming halt, ushering in a world-wide an economic depression.

Did you know that the Hoover Dam supplies electricity to more than 20 million people? Get all the facts on this marvel of engineering.

In the 1930s, families were driven out of the once fertile great plains by massive dust clouds.

Learn more about the 1930s, a particularly tumultuous decade in world history that got its start with a bang - or, more accurately, a crash.