How was life like in the great depression?

Answer 1

Well, after the great depression, people learned what it's like to starve and what they really need to live. After the Depression, there were many new open jobs that offered people without work a way to make money. It changed U.S by increase of industries and a lot of homes. Even though things got better, this was the time when child labor was happening. Hope it helped!

Answer 2

Peoples lives were affected lots of different ways. People starved, chewed on their arms, had no money, lost their homes and were homeless. 3 million children between 7 and 17 had to leave their school because thousands closed down because of no money to stay open. The Great Depression lasted about 10 years.

Answer 3

The major effect of the Great Depression on America was expanded government intervention into new areas of social and economic affairs and the creation of more social assistance agencies at the national level. The relationship between the national government and the people changed drastically. The government took on a greater role in the everyday social and economic lives of the people. The New Deal programs of FDR also created a liberal political alliance made up of labor unions, blacks and other ethnic and religious minorities, intellectuals, the poor, and some farmers. These groups became the backbone of the Democratic Party for decades following the Depression. The Great Depression and the New Deal measure led to the domestic programs of JFK’s New Frontier, and LBJ’s Great Society and War on Poverty. The New Deal measures have also an influence on the current Obama administration, in its attempts to stimulate the economy.

Answer 4

Cold, lonely, hard, poverty, aggressive. Most people were not educated and many died.

Many people had to live with next to nothing, and if they had money, stretch every penny to it's extent. People went hungry, lost homes, lost jobs, and had to go through very hard times. Some children had to work in order to bring home a few dollars.