Even though the Great Depression was one of the US hardest times, it also involved so of the US great times. New stuff was coming in America during the great depression: New Music, Flapper girls, and New Deals, there were also bad times: Crime, Prohibition, and cotton failure. GA was already under a depression because of cotton failure. A short while after the nation fell under one due to laid off workers, default on loans, high tariffs. FDR was our president that helped bring our nation out of the horrible period of time. The Great Depression was hear times for everyone's the stocks fell, people Got laid off there Jobs, and couldn't fend for there family. it was hard durning the depression because people were hungry and skinny and didn't survive.