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Change In Society During The Great Depression

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With a substantially negative economic effect, the Great Depression brought about a change in society. Southern states in particular were affected, such as Alabama, as the “era reshaped the state's political, economic, and social traditions” and “challenged Alabama's long-standing social and racial hierarchies” (Downs). The majority of Southerners were declassed during this period of time, due to their financial troubles. Desperate to survive, people began to give up on traditions, which gave way for a change in social ideals. Regarding personal life, men often grew busy, and so “the Depression radically altered traditional ideas of male privilege” and “increased the importance of the traditional female sphere of the home” (“The 1930s: Lifestyles

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