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Aside from war, the Great Depression was perhaps the darkest chapter in 20th century American history. It profoundly affected our nation and culture in ways not seen since.

Bread lines, soup kitchens, bank runs and more. Life in the city was hard and there was no easy way out.

Although most farm families had access to a steadier supply of food, they suffered from their own set of circumstances.

Out of a job and evicted from their homes, many people took to the road in an attempt to find greener grass.

Immediately upon his inauguration in 1933, Franklin Delano Roosevelt set out to establish a great number of new federal agencies. Convinced that the way out of the Depression was through government spending, he called his plan The New Deal.

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