2025 version (128 questions)Updated for the Oct 20, 2025 testC: Recent American History and Other Important Historical Information

What was the Great Depression?

Answer

  • Longest economic recession in modern history

Explanation

The Great Depression was the longest economic recession in modern history, marked by widespread unemployment and hardship in the 1930s. USCIS accepts the longest economic recession in modern history.

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C: Recent American History and Other Important Historical Information

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