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The Great depression was a specific time of crisis for America in the early and late 1930's, The Great depression was a time when people in America had little to no money. What caused the great depression was people taking their money out of the stock market which led to it crashing then everyone was trying to get what little money they had left and the banks did not have enough money to give back so banks closed all over America. Many Americans lost their jobs, which led them to lose money, which led to thousands of Americans becoming homeless.


In the Great depression it was extremely difficult to keep a stable job that would provide enough money to keep their families off the streets, so they had to find other opportunities to make money …show more content…

A great example of this was written in the story "Digging In" by Robert J. Hastings " We took care of what we had. Every cotton cloth was used over as a dish cloth, wash cloth, dust cloth, shoe-shining cloth, window-washing cloth, to scrub and wax floors, make bandages, make quilt pieces, make kite tails, or to tie boxes and papers together. The cotton bags from flour, salt, and cracked chicken feed were washed, bleached, and cut into dishcloths and towels. Some neighbors made curtains or even dresses from feed sacks" ( Paragraph 11 Hastings) This is an example of how Americans had to reuse there things to keep going. This was important because they couldn't just go out to the supermarket and buy new clothing, bandages, and etc.. Robert said, “Looking back, I find it amazing what we did without... We had no water bill, sewer bill, telephone bill, no car expenses — gasoline, tires, batteries, licenses, insurance, repairs — no laundry service, no dry cleaning (we pressed woolens up with a hot iron and wet cloth), no bank service charge (no bank account), no sales or income tax. We sent no greeting cards except maybe half a dozen at Christmas…” ( Hastings Paragraph 7) This quote is important because its showing all the things they had to go without in the Great depression. Families had to stretch every dollar they had and cut off all

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