Go Tell It on the Mountain | Compare and Contrast
1935: America was, like most of the world, in the midst of a long economic depression, which began with the collapse of the stock market on October 29, 1929 and lingered into the early 1940s.
1953: The United States economy finally absorbed the returning veterans from World War II reaching the lowest unemployment rate since the war ended in 1945.
Today: The stock market reaches new highs every month, which keeps production high and unemployment low.
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