What Was the Great Depression?
What Was the Great Depression?
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What Was the Great Depression?

Written by Janet B. Pascal and Who HQ & illustrated by Dede Putra
Part of the What Was . . . ? Book Series
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8 - 12
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112
Page count
72
Words per page
790L
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Dec 22, 2015
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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.

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Americahistory20th century1900-1949the Holocausteconomic depressions

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780448484273
    Publication Date
    December 22, 2015
    Publisher
    Penguin Workshop
    Page Count
    112
    Words Per Page
    72
    Audience
    Juvenile Reader
    Reading Age
    8 - 12 years
    Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
    2015040464
    Lexile® Level
    790L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~S
    ATOS® Book Level
    5.5
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    1
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    180223
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    MG

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