2025 test · Question 103 of 128
What was the Great Depression?
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- Longest economic recession in modern history
Our explanation
A recession is a time when business slows and many people lose jobs. The Great Depression was the longest one in modern history. Banks closed, and many people lost their homes.
Remember it
Depression = the economy went down, down, down. The longest recession in modern history.
Source
USCIS 2025 Study Guide (One Nation, One People, M-1175) p. 63: “During the Great Depression, banks and businesses around the country closed, and many people could not a get a job. A lot of people … lost their homes”.
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