Life In The 1930s Essay

People Have Never Been more Depressed People did not think that being greedy would cause such pain, but nevertheless it caused more pain and suffering then the world knew was possible. When the Stock market crashed it was the beginning of all economic concerns in the 1930’s. This became a brutal time for everyone. Several tragedies occurred in the economy during the 1930’s including many people losing their jobs and becoming unemployed, people losing their homes and being unable to own land, and people having to wait in the Soup Kitchen line almost all day for food. During the Great Depression many people lost their jobs and were unemployed. The Depression was a huge part of unemployment: “When the Great Depression reached its nadir, some

For multitudes of people “along with breadlines, soup kitchens became a daily part of the life of millions” (Start With Me 8). When people are used to this life style that is when it starts to get very sad, because people had become so accustom to living in poverty that it became normal. So many people went to soup kitchens that:
Women volunteered to work in the soup kitchens that served their communities, improvising cheap recipes for soups that made use of any available local products. Vegetables, boiled together in water, made up the bulk of the soups and stews that were served. As the numbers of people arriving at the kitchens increased more water had to be added to the stews and their nutrition value declined. The soups and stews were cooked in large pots (american-historama.org).
No one was getting the nutrients needed to survive and stay healthy. In the 1930’s unemployment and job loss were on the up rise, also people lost their homes and land, lastly people waited in soup lines for food. Although many people blamed Herbert Hoover for the cause of the Great Depression, it was not just solely him. We all contributed to this horrible downfall, by the greed and selfishness we all have inside us. There is no way to take back what has already happened but it should be a lesson learned to all of