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The Civil War has been commemorated in many capacities, ranging from the reenactment of battles to statues and memorial halls erected, films, stamps and coins with Civil War themes being issued, all of which helped to shape public memory. These commemorations occurred in greater numbers on the 100th and 150th anniversaries of the war. [309]
The American Civil War ended in April 1865, and the country entered a lengthy period of general deflation that lasted until 1896. The United States occasionally experienced periods of recession during the Reconstruction Era. Production increased in the years following the Civil War, but the country still had financial difficulties. [19]
The Great Recession cost millions of jobs initially and high unemployment lingered for years after the official end of the recession in June 2009. One of the frightening aspects how deep the recession would go, which is one reason Congress passed and President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) in January 2009.
The Great Recession–aka The 2008 Financial Crisis. December 2007. June 2009. 1 year, 6 months. The Early ’80s Recession. July 1981. November 1982. 1 year, 4 months. The Mid-’70s Recession.
November 1882 news item from the London Guardian noting the expanding financial crisis in the United States, marked by a continued "railway war.". The Depression of 1882–1885, or Recession of 1882–1885, was an economic contraction in the United States that lasted from March 1882 to May 1885, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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Economists first named a period of time the Great Depression in 1893. In 1933 they changed their minds. Throughout modern economic history, the business cycle has experienced an abnormally severe ...
The economic history of the American Civil War concerns the financing of the Union and Confederate war efforts from 1861 to 1865, and the economic impact of the war. The Union economy grew and prospered during the war while fielding a very large Union Army and Union Navy . [ 1 ]