The Great Depression was in the 1920s when the stock market crashed. During the depression there were a quarter of teens in the country living on the streets by themselves. It started because people wan ted to sell more than buying. They needed to even it out the process. This led to people becoming unemployed, not able to find work, losing their houses then eventually becoming homeless and forced to live in hoovervilles.
The great depression could
have been stopped if the feds would have been looking out from the beginning when people started to notice the stock market crashed. If they would have notice the depression could have not been as bad as it was. I mean come on people were hearing rumors about the stock market crashing so everybody went to go get all their money out at the bank. From that point it could have been avoided.
In conclusion this is how I realized that the economy was very bad in the 1920s because of the Great Depression. But also how I realized it could have been avoided. The nation could have never gone through this terrible time called the Great Depression. This why I say that the depression could have been avoided. Also this why the Great depression became what it was the depression and hit the nation hard.