Question

How did the Great Depression start and how did it end?

Answer 1

It started with the stock market crash in '29 and more or less ended after the Pearl Harbor attack in '41.

Answer 2

Just to expand a bit, the increase in the availability of war-related jobs and the increase in the number of workers in the U.S. helped to jump start the recovery.

Answer 3

The great depression started with the stock market crash of 1929. Historians debate when the true end of the depression happens. It is safe to say that it ends in 1941. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor... American revs up the industry again.