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How many teenagers rode the rails during the great depression?
they have to work to help there parents
What former supreme court justice rode the rails during the Great Depression?
William o douglas
One long range effect of the Great Depression was that many people?
The Great Depression caused many people to lose their jobs and their homes in the 1930's America. One long range effect of the Great Depression, was that people learned to save and spend their money wisely.
What was the transportation during the great depression?
They hitchedhiked,walked or rode in cars of their time. Those cars were quite uncomfortable!
When people lost their jobs in the great depression where did they sleep?
Well, that's pretty obvious. They tried to keep their houses for a while, and when they lost those, they went and slept on the sidewalk until they jumped trains and began riding the rails. Many of them had kids, which was why they rode to different towns to find new jobs. If they couldn't, they kept riding the rails and searching for hope.
What name was given to the men and boys who rode the rails as they?
Hobo's
During the great depression the overall unemployment rate was at what percent?
It seems that unemployment rate averaged between 8 percent and 35 percent in 1933, the worst year of the Depression for unemployment. That is non-farm workers. And, you have to remember that establishing the rate was not as accurate as it is today. Lots of people during the Depression simply did not appear on the unemployment rate because there was no way of keeping track of who was looking for work or who had just given up and "rode the rails." There was not unemployment insurance back then. Also the farmers lost all of there crops and hoover cut taxes and gave more crops to the farmers.
What name was given to the men and boys who rode the rails as they searched for work?
Hobo's
What has the author Ronald J Dugas written?
Ronald J. Dugas has written: 'Louisiana's Shellfish Restoration and Enhancement Project completion report (April 1, 1993 - March 31, 1997)' -- subject(s): Oyster culture, Restoration ecology
What kind of transportation did people use during the great deppestion?
People rode trains
How would you use the word rail in a sentence?
He rode the rails his whole life, and knew nothing else.
Sentences for Seedy?
The bum was a seedy remnant of the days when they rode the rails. George did not think that his suit jacket was seedy. His wife disagreed.
