Here is a beautiful handout through which learners can explore the history of California, from the earliest Europeans to visit the Golden State up through its experiences during the Great Depression and position in the modern...

This article surveys President Hoover's defeat to Franklin Roosevelt in the 1932 election and Roosevelt's initial response to the deepening crisis in the U.S. economy.

The Tennessee Valley Authority, a public power provider, was one of the new programs begun during Phase I of Roosevelt's New Deal. The site gives a brief overview of the TVA's history. The TVA Act of 1933 was one of the solutions for...

The U.S. Department of Labor provides this brief biography of Cabinet member, Frances Perkins, who led reform efforts in the realm of labor law during the Great Depression. Short, biographical sketch with good, factual information being...

The Department of Treasury's page on Andrew Mellon. He was Secretary of the Treasury under several presidents.

Here, you can read a very brief history of the development and use of prescription barbiturates, as well as descriptions of ultrashort, short, intermediate, and long-acting barbiturates.

Peruse this timeline of the Great Depression and gather information about this era in United States History. Short, interesting paragraphs summarize U.S. and world events with an emphasis on economic issues.

U.S. foreign trade and global economic policies have changed direction dramatically during the more than two centuries that the United States has been a country. In the early days of the nation's history, government and business mostly...