The Great Depression was a period of severe worldwide economic decline that lasted more than a decade . To this day, it is the worst, longest and most widespread economic decline ever experienced in the United States.
This photo is of an unemployed man on the New York City docks. Unemployment skyrocketed during the Great Depressionhttp://www.google.com/imgres?q=the+great+depression&hl=en&client=safari&sa=X&rls=en&biw=1276&bih=613&tbm=isch&prmd=imvnsb&tbnid=cPRaultCN_FH_M:&imgrefurl=http://teachingamericanhistorymd.net/000001/000000/000041/html/t41.html&docid=OLSqJmUYD_r5cM&imgurl=http://teachingamericanhistorymd.net/000001/000000/000041/images/27-0622a.gif&w=600&h=447&ei=UNauT9GiAYa36QGy7LiqCQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=299&sig=112422307824573458935&page=3&tbnh=134&tbnw=178&start=45&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:11,s:45,i:263&tx=119&ty=78
