Okay this is quite a tricky one. what's the past tense of welcome?

Amanda bought a prom dress which she considered the most beautiful dress ever made. adjective clause: word(s) modified:

The great depression, which lasted throughout the 1930s in the united states, affected many people, and it had a devastating impact on an entire subset of the u.s. population. modernist writer john steinbeck wrote about the toll the depression took on these families, many of whom were forced to leave their farms and find other sources of income.

Which sentence best build the suspense