0 the period of decrease in wealth, industrial production, and employment from 1929 until the start of the Second World War
1 a period of decrease in wealth, industrial production, and employment from 1929 until the start of World War II
2 the period in the 1930's when there were serious economic problems in the United States and Europe, and many people had no work and were very poor:
It is expected to be the worst period since the Great Depression.
During the Great Depression, the gopher tortoise of the southeastern United States was called “Hoover chicken,” named after Herbert Hoover, who was the president at the time.
