In the 1930s when the country was in the grip of what is known as the Great Depression, Georgia was hit doubly hard. In this economic crisis, people lost their jobs, their savings, and many, their hope for the future. Dan Carter, a historian at Emory University, explains how the stock market crash triggered the Great Depression and led to a downward economic spiral of factories and banks closing, job losses, and no money for food, clothing, or any of life’s necessities.