Great Depression Affected People's Life

The Great Depression was from October 29, 1929 – 1939 was long and hard. Everybody lost their money home and food belongings. You either had to sleep under a bridge or in a box car. And, to make money people would cut kids hair for just 10 cents each or paint an entire house for 20cents.

The great depression had a negative impact on the lives of Americans. The great depression effected people all through out the nation, it was a global event. Many lives were greatly negatively affected.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, into a world of privilege; the only president, in office, who held four terms. President Roosevelt family lived in Hyde Park, NY at the time of his birth (Coker, 2005).

The Great Depression was a dark time in history where 13 million workers were jobless and companies were suffering. The Great Depression occurred in the 1930’s. Stock markets crashed, companies went out of business, and people were unemployed and poor. The president at the time, Herbert Hoover, was unsuccessful in his ability to stop the Great Depression which made lots of people head towards the president after him, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR). FDR was successful and the Great Depression ended in 1939. The New Deal was successful because it protected farmers and Found work for millions of people.

The Great Depression was a time of little hope and small dreams. Much of what happened forced young children out of their world out of their world into the adult world. I’ve also had to step up into the vast realm of the adult world.

In 1929, the U.S. was hit with the worst economic crisis in the history of the country, the Great Depression. The Great Depression left millions of people unemployed and cost millions their life's savings. The Depression lasted for ten long years for the American people. Since the Great Depression ended, people have studied it, trying to figure out what happened that started it all. The problem was, in fact, the poor economic habits of the people at the time, such as speculation, income maldistribution, and overproduction. The Great Depression was caused by speculation and installment buying, income maldistribution, and overproduction because each of these factors combined made the economy worse before and after the stock market crash, which led to The Great Depression.

Although still not entirely popular or accepted, women also began to emerge more and more in postsecondary education. Women were only seldom allowed to go to college in the beginning of the 1920’s and when they did, they attended an all-women's school. By 1921 a woman was enrolled in a college that did not traditionally allow women (Benner). This was a monumental step for women’s educational rights. Women were allowed to graduate and become nurses or teachers, the only careers seen fit for women. This was a limitation for women, but this limitation only encouraged women to surpass their expectations and push the limits of what they could achieve as strong and successful members of society.“...by the end of the decade, women represented 47%

America had experienced other depressions or “panics,” but none were like the Great Depression. The Great Depression began on October 29, 1929, Black Tuesday, with the stock market crashing. Most people believe that the cause of the Great Depression was the stock market crashing. Although that is what triggered the Great Depression there were many underlying causes that lead up to the stock market crashing. Some of the underlying causes include under-consumption/over-production, uneven distribution of wealth, loose banking and corporate regulations, tariffs policies, and the stock market. During the Great Depression the unemployment rate went up, they were forced to eat at soup kitchens or go through garbage cans for food, and they even had to build shelter out of cardboard.

The Great Depression was not only one of the defining moments in American history, but also one of the most difficult hardships Americans faced. During the Great Depression, which was ignited by the stock market crash of 1929, people faced unemployment, poverty, and changes in government the ultimately shaped America today.

After a decade of economic prosperity, what seemed like an era that defined the concept of the American dream, quickly came to an end when the stock market on Wall Street collapsed in 1929. The aftermath of the events that occurred on Wall Street would put its heavy mark on the years to follow among the citizens of the United States. Banks closed down, unemployment rose and homelessness increased. It was a widespread national catastrophe that had its impacts on both poor and rich. In this essay, I am going to look at what ways the Great Depression affected the American people with examples from John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men.

The Great Depression was by far one of the worst times of America’s history, and the world’s history. The Depression affected everyone except for the politicians and the wealthy. During the depression a lot of people lost their jobs which caused the unemployment rate to sky rocket to 14% of America’s population was unemployed, and the number would stay their till World War 2, and the depression started in the 1920’s.

Although the Great Depression impacted the society negatively, the government and people learned how to adapt to the unfortunate situation. Even though many people were impacted, the society has grown and become a stronger one because of it. Now the United States knows how to work with this mishap, they now know how to predict it and learn how to advance, and work with the problems in the future from this

Throughout life, many people go through some type of devastating or traumatic event that can change their lives forever. For the American people of the early to mid 1930’s, the Great Depression was one of these events. The Great Depression caused a major impact on all of America and affected the economy, the government, as well as the personal life of many Americans.

The Great depression had alot of effects on people and the world. The trading routes with other countries to America stopped. When the trading routes shut down alot of people lost their jobs. Many teachers in schools were forced to stop working because the government could no longer pay them.

Throughout the essay, it’s going to explain what was the Great Depression and some of the New Deal policies enacted due to the Great Depression. what were the major policy initiatives of the New Deal in the “Hundred Days.” Who were the main proponents of the economic justice in the 1930s and their measures they advocated. The major initiatives of the Second New Deal, and how did they differ from the First New Deal. As well as, how did the New Deal define the meaning of freedom in American and the benefits that women and minorities received form the New Deal. The Great Depression was a horrible but important time period of American history which allowed the country to learn from it’s mistakes and develop new policies that would benefit it’s