The Great Depression was in North America and Europe in 1929 and ended about 1939. It was the time when almost everybody lost their jobs. During the next three years stock prices in the United States continued to fall, until by late 1932 they had dropped to only about 20 percent of their value in 1929. During the Great Depression many things happend such as the Dust Bowl and a huge droughts. The Great Depression began in the United States but quickly turned into a worldwide economic slump owing to the special and intimate relationships that had been forged between the United States and European economies after World War I.