American Experience

American Experience

The Crash of 1929 (21x10)


: 26, 2009

Based on eight years of continued prosperity, presidents and economists alike confidently predicted that America would soon enter a time when there would be no more poverty, no more depressions -- a "New Era" when everyone could be rich.

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