The Great Depression and The Great Recession are two very traumatic times in American History. The Great Recession is known as one of the biggest economic crisis since The Great Depression. The Great Depression lasted from 1929-1939, which happened after the stock market crashed, leaving a lot of individuals without work and which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. During the beginning of the Great Depression, President Herbert Hoover was in office until the election of 1932, which left President Franklin Roosevelt to pick up the pieces of this crisis. The Great Recession lasted from 2007-2009 which began with an 8 trillion dollar housing bubble. President Barack Obama was elected into office in 2008 at the beginning
