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What was the Great Depression?

The longest economic recession in modern history.

  1. A war between the North and the South
  2. The rivalry with the Soviet Union
  3. The longest economic recession in modern history ✔

Why: The Great Depression was a long economic slump with many people out of work. The Civil War was North against South, and the Cold War was the Soviet rivalry.

Huh, didn't know that: By 1933 about one in four American workers had no job.

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Why did the stock market go to therapy? Too many ups and downs.
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Sources

  1. USCIS M-1778 (09/25), 128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version) https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf

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