The Great Depression-
The Great Depression did not affect everyone the same way. Many rich people felt no impact at all, and were oblivious to the suffering of others. Up to 40% of the country never faced real hardship during those years. But most were touched by it in some way. The Depression changed the family in dramatic ways. Many couples delayed marriage - the divorce rate dropped sharply (it was too expensive to pay the legal fees and support two households); and birth rates dropped below the replacement level for the first time in American history. Families suffered a dramatic loss of income during Herbert Hoover's term in office, dropping 35% in those four years to $15M. This put a great deal of stress on families. Some reacted by pulling together, making due with what they had, and turning to family and friends for help. Only after exhausting all alternatives would they reluctantly look to the government for help. Other families did not fare as well, and ended up failing apart.
How did people survive?
There were a few lucky people who retained their jobs during the Great Depression. Some were able to obtain part-time work and lived on less income and perhaps what little savings they had. Some sold or lost their homes and moved in with relatives. The symbol of the Depression, the man on the street selling apples, was an attempt to create work and also sell an agricultural product. It was not very successful. Many men left home so they would not be a burden to their family. These became the "hoboes" who would often "ride the rails" searching for jobs in other parts of the country. If they found work, they would send some money home. Others pretended to go to work. They would leave home in the morning and wander the parks or streets looking for work, and then return home for the evening. Many took to begging. In small, rural areas, men would often approach a farm house and ask if there were any jobs to be done in return for some food or a place to sleep. Some turned to crime but since most people were not well off, criminals often were not too successful. Many took advantage of the New Deal programs and went to work for the federal government. Others survived on the meals provided by charity groups.
Restrict spending to the minimum. Buy only from friends in local businesses who in turn would buy your wares. Save as much as possible but not in banks.
Keep a low profile --- collect scraps and reuse them. Keep the family strong. Buy land for cash when possible.
I was not around for the "Great Depression" but I have learned a few things from my family history.
1.Communities pulled together. Those who had shared with those who did not. Friends, family, churches helped each other. Some people were even willing to
take in other families -into already cramped quarters by todays standards.
2.People were used to not having as much back then (compared to today) even
before the Depression - they were more appreciative to have a few simple needs met.
3.People were more self reliant. They often had large gardens to grow their own
food. They canned. They fished and hunted and stored up for the winter. More
people knew how to make their own things.
4.There was one member of my family that camped out in the town park for the
summer with their family. They were working, but they saved money by not
having to pay rent for a few months. When cold weather came they had extra
money. How many local governments would allow people to do this today? The
"kids" fondly remember this as a great summer.
Prejudice and discrimination
In the US, the Great Depression was an economic disaster. Common people dealt with it by belong careful about their household budgets. Money was set aside for essentials such as food and clothing. Citizens who able to work were continually looking for employment. The unemployment rate rose as high as 25%.
the president of that time made a ton of jobs like digging ditches and building roads to get people money and created social securty to protect people's money and identity.
The people during the great dpression times sleeped along the streets and fed themselves with little amount of food that the government provided.
they ate cheese
The Great Depression occurred before the New Deal.
Franklin Roosevelt did not get the US out of the great depression he streached out the depression and made it worse. We may be in for a very long depression if Obama tries to do the same things that Roosevelt did. Look how long the Roosevelt depression lasted.
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They created new jobs for people, and for those unemployed, they opened up work camps. http://www.stocks-simplified.com/Great-Depression-in-Canada.html
Herbert Hoover was the president during the great wall street crashes which are generally considered to be the beginning of the great depression, so he was the first president to have to deal with it.
The great depression's new deal was to end the unemployed people so they can have a job to work at in stead of staying at home with no food to eat for the kids and family. That's was i think happened of the day of the great Depression.
The Great Depression occurred before the New Deal.
to help people during the Great Depression
Franklin Roosevelt did not get the US out of the great depression he streached out the depression and made it worse. We may be in for a very long depression if Obama tries to do the same things that Roosevelt did. Look how long the Roosevelt depression lasted.
Was to repair after WWII and create jobs for people during the Great Depression.
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He created the New Deal.
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They created new jobs for people, and for those unemployed, they opened up work camps. http://www.stocks-simplified.com/Great-Depression-in-Canada.html
Herbert Hoover was the president during the great wall street crashes which are generally considered to be the beginning of the great depression, so he was the first president to have to deal with it.
The plans to end the US's Great depression were developed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt and was called the "New Deal".
FDR's new deal brought many new jobs to people around the country during the great depression in the 1930s.