Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929, was the day that the stock market went down. This was just the beginning though. During the Great Depression 15 million (¼) of the working people became unemployed. The Great Depression last 11 years all together. Herbert Hoover was president when the Great Depression occurred. While Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the man who saved us all. President Herbert Hoover had seriously underestimated how bad the Great Depression would end up being, whether this was intentional or not it did affect everyone. Herbert Hoover said that it would all be over in 60 days. He believed that the federal government was not responsible to help the people who became very poor due to the loss of their jobs. Many people started to