The Effects of the Great Depression
The great depression was a very sad and hard time. This was a time where people had little money, no available jobs and just had a hard time with everything. Many people had nd any way to make money whether it was cutting kid’s hair in neighborhood, picking fruit, selling iron cords house to house or even painting a house for 5 dollars. Even though this was a very hard time some people still had hope that things would get better. This was a really bad time until Franklin Roosevelt who was for the government supporting the Americans and not the other way around became president. The great depression was a very hard time to make money. A good example of this is in the story ¨Digging In” by Robert J. Hastings. In this story it explains how hard people had to work to make money. The dad of the family sold iron cords door to door, bought a horse to break gardens, picked peaches, raised sweet potato slips, hung wallpapers and even painted a house for 5 dollars. Their mom also tried her best to save money. She usually kept the electricity and gas bill to 1 dollar. They all tried their best to survive the great depression. Some people had actually had hope.
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They left people without jobs, homes, and money. In the story “Digging In” by Robert J. Hastings it explains how people did anything to make money for their families even if it was only for 5 dollars. Even with these hard times some people still had hope like it showed in “Depts” by Karen Hesse. In this poem a farmer had hope that rain would come to grow his dying wheat while his wife didn’t think so. This was a very stressful time right until president Roosevelt made some changes. In the article “The New Deal” it explains how Roosevelt helped end the great depression with programs that gave millions of people jobs. The great depression was a very hard, stressful, and sad time for the american people that had many
In the Roaring Twenties, people started buying household materials and stocks that they could not pay for in credit. Farmers, textile workers, and miners all got low wages. In 1929, the stock market crashed. All of these events started the Great Depression. During the beginning of the Great Depression, 9000 banks were closed, ending nine million savings accounts. This lead to the closing of eighty-six thousand businesses, a European depression, an overproduction of food, and a lowering of prices. It also led to more people going hungry, more homeless people, and much lower job wages. There was a 28% increase in the amount of homeless people from 1929 to 1933. And in the midst of the beginning of the Great Depression, President Hoover did nothing to improve the condition of the nation. In 1932, people decided that America needed a change. For the first time in twelve years, they elected a democratic president, President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Immediately he began to work on fixing the American economy. He closed all banks and began a series of laws called the New Laws. L...
The Great Depression is a sad era in United States History. The Great Depression was a massive economic depression. It affected many people’s lives across the United States. People’s lifestyles changed dramatically going into the Great Depression. There were many factors that caused the Great Depression.
The Great Depression is a an era when the US economy was at its lowest. It is after the Roaring 20s. The depression was caused mainly because of the crash of the stock market in 1929 and the government’s failed attempts to help the people. Many people’s belongings are bought with credit so they lost all their money and most of their things when the bank system failed. Others lost their jobs and many men left their families because they felt ashamed that they can’t support their family. The social fabric of the Great Depression changed greatly from the previous era. The changes in the social, the political, and the economic part of the US are part of the change in the social fabric.
The Great Depression, beginning in the last few months of 1929, impacted the vast majority of people nationwide and worldwide. With millions of Americans unemployed and many in danger of losing their homes, they could no longer support their families. Children, if they were lucky, wore torn up ragged clothing to school and those who were not lucky remained without clothes. The food supply was scarce, and bread was the most that families could afford. Households would receive very limited rations of food, or small amounts of money to buy food.
The Great Depression was a period in United States history when business was poor and many people were out of work. The beginning of the Great Depression in the United States was associated with the stock market crash on October 29, 1929, known as Black Tuesday. Thousands of investors lost large amounts of money and many were wiped out, lost everything. Banks, stores, and factories were closed and left millions of Americans jobless and homeless (Baughman 82).
The Great Depression was a time in which people persistently hoped for anything to change their horrible living conditions. The Depression was a long economic decline that left
The Great Depression was one of America’s most trying times. It was the dark time following the good times of the Roaring Twenties. The Great Depression lasted from 1929 to the United States entry into World War II in 1941. The cause of the Depression was the panicked rush to get money out of the banks when the market crashed. When President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected he created the New Deals to fight the Depression. It focused on relief, recovery and reform, setting out to fix the damage. Many people lost their jobs after the crash and were quickly losing their homes. Both of the New Deals had different programs to help America get back on its feet. Even though it wasn't a complete success, the New Deal did more good than bad because it significantly lowered unemployment rates, helped the Native Americans and helped feed millions of undernourished children. (Woodward, 4)
The Great Depression can be a tough subject for most people, but still inspiring to others. The Great Depression was a very difficult time for America as well as women. The women of the Great Depression struggled through many trials, as did many others in the United States, but they were able to get through it all. The women of the Great Depression worked their hardest to stay true to themselves, and their family, as well as, to keep a job, a stable household, and for some, a strong marriage.
The Great Depression was felt worldwide, in some countries more than others. During this time, many Americans had to live in poor conditions. In the United States, 25 percent of the workers and 37 percent of all nonfarm workers lost their jobs (Smiley 1). Unemployment rates had increased to 24.9 percent during 1933 (Shmoop 1). Unable to pay mortgages, many families lost their homes.
The great depression came about because the flow of money had become stagnant due to overproduction. As products became too numerous prices began to drop in a bad way. Everything began to lose its value and companies began to lost profits. In order to keep above bankruptcy, companies began to lay off employees, and with people getting laid off, people began to spend less money which made profits go down even lower. This downward spiral caused many to go unemployed and would be the main reason the great depression was so difficult to deal
All the lines that it gave out and they never got the money back made the economy go down the drain. All the banks took everything from everyone and left them with nothing. Credit wasn’t any help; it took many homes and brought down so many businesses. Financially everyone was either homeless or on the edge to lose it all. The great depression brought too many problems that nobody knew how to help or how to make it better. Everything that was meant to help the impact just wasn’t enough for everyone that was affected.
The Great Depression changed people's lives for the worse until former president Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected and created the New Deal. the first thing they had to do was cancel utilities. The next way is that they had to depend on mother nature. The last way is that Franklin Delano Roosevelt helped the country out by creating jobs. The Great Depression, a terrible thing lasted for 6 years.
The Great Depression was one of the greatest challenges that the United States faced during the twentieth century. It sidelined not only the economy of America, but also that of the entire world. The Depression was unlike anything that had been seen before. It was more prolonged and influential than any economic downturn in the history of the United States. The Depression struck fear in the government and the American people because it was so different.
The Great Depression is known as the greatest time of recession in American history. Many factors contributed to this hard time. With the stock market boom in the 1920’s, our country was filled with optimism for the future. Although there were signs of problems to come former President Herbert Hoover was just as convinced as the nation that they were only going through a rough patch and would be back on their feet in no time. That was until the stock market crash of 1929, which marked the beginning of the Great Depression. The stock market crash led to bank and company failures. Many people became unemployed and had to leave their homes. Families also had to move away because of the drought that caused dust storms and ultimately the Dust Bowl. Soon enough, thousands were migrating to find jobs elsewhere. Eventually when former President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected into office, he presented America with “The New Deal,” the plan that would save America and bring the nation up and out of the recession.
The Great Depression was a period of first-time decline in economic movement. It occurred between the years 1929 and 1939. It was the worst and longest economic breakdown in history. The Wall Street stock market crash started the Great Depression; it had terrible effects on the country (United States of America). When the stock market started failing many factories closed production of all types of good. Businesses and banks started closing down and farmers fell into bankruptcy. Many people lost everything, their jobs, their savings, and homes. More than thirteen million people were unemployed.