Social Reform: The Great Depression In America

Many people wonder what the New Deal really did for the American people. The New Deal was a series of national programs proposed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The New Deal programs happened during 1933-1938, right after the Great Depression. The New Deal had a very positive effect on the people of America by creating new jobs, gaining trust in banking systems, and getting freedom from the effects of the Great Depression.

During the Dust Bowl some people made the decision to stay at their farms. Huge drifts of dirt piled up on homesteaders’ doors, came in the cracks of windows and came down from the ceilings. Barnyards and pastures were buried in dirt. After about 850 million tons of topsoil was blown away in 1935 alone. The government responded to this by saying “Unless something is done, the western plains will be as arid as the Arabian desert.”

The Dust Bowl was caused by a variety of unfortunate circumstances at the worst time. The dust bowl refers the 1930’s when during the Great Depression, powerful winds ripped off the top soil (the soil that is best used for farming) and killed many crops. The farmers that were hit the hardest were the ones in the southern great plains. This region was soon known as the Dust Bowl. In the off season, farmers would plant grass to keep the topsoil from being taken with the wind. Document B states “Grass is what counts. It’s what saves us all – far as we get saved…. Grass is what holds the earth together.” This clearly refers to the fact that grass hold the soil in place. However, when it was time to farm farmers had to plow their land in order

The Great Depression was a terrible and tragic epidemic that hit world in an instant. This horrible event affected people on a personal level. For example poverty, which was the state of being extremely poor. Tons of people were starving, and with so many people in debt they couldn’t afford these crucial resources.. “True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.” was said by Franklin

During the years of 1929 to 1939, the Great Depression affected American life negatively. The Great Depression began after the stock market crash of October 1929. Many Americans, especially ones that were poor, became unemployed. Most of the country’s banks failed during these years, investment also dropped. The economy during these years became poorly and one man came up with these programs called the “New Deal”. This man named Franklin Delano Roosevelt was known for his initial, FDR. While his programs were spreading across the country, an organization, the American Liberty League, formed under rich people, opposed FDR’s New Deal programs. The League believes that these programs were unfair, however FDR’s New Deal programs were necessary

The year 1929 started off as a year of wealth and prosperity in America, but ended with the worst financial disaster America has ever seen. First, the period of prosperity ended in a single day, when a crash in the stock market lost over fourteen billion dollars of investor money. Banks across the country were closing to cope with the loss which sent customers into a panicked frenzy. Second, no one had money because the banks had no money, loans fell through and houses were foreclosed, some people losing everything. The class divisions became nonexistent as the rich became the poor and were just as bad off as everyone else. Last, the depression relief everyone waited for came with a change of presidency. Franklin D. Roosevelt worked with the affected citizens to end the depression and restore banks back to working condition, making major improvements within his first year in office. The Great Depression was a decade full of illegal activity and financial instability, every citizen was affected, and efforts to mend the fragile US economy.

Dust clouds, filthy homes, sickness, death, and migration were none other than the Dust Bowl. In the 1930s some of the toughest people survived this era. It wasn’t just the worldwide depression that made a lasting impact on the United States, the Dust Bowl changed the nation’s perspective on conserving soil and protecting the Earth.

The Great Depression which lasted from 1929 - 1939, had more than one cause for happening. The Stock Market Crash, on October 29, 1929, had production declining and unemployment rising. After two months, stockholders had lost more than $40 billion dollars. During the 1930s, over 9,000 banks had failed, and people had lost their savings.

The Great Depression was devastating to many people. From 1929 - 1939 life was a struggle. This all began when the stock market crashed in 1929 causing a great effect on people. Most stopped using banks and no longer trusted them. Jobs were scarce and people looking for them were plentiful. Those who got them had to work hard and got low pay. People lost their homes because they could not pay rent. Many people lost everything including almost all their money. The Great Depression had many effects on American people.

Donald Worster’s Dust Bowl: The Southern Plains in the 1930’s was written by a Kansas Native who demonstrates the horrendous plague that destroyed the once prosperous plains in the American West. Worster depicts the primary reasons of the economical and agricultural struggles that generated the ‘Dirty 30’s’.

The Great depression was a miserable time. The droughts came and the stock market crashed so there was no way to make money and even the rich became poor

The Great Depression was a very difficult time for the world and lasted for 11 years. The Great Depression had many events that caused it. One of them was the stock market crash in the 1930’s. Another was the Dust Bowl. In “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, she mentioned the Great Depression in several parts. In one part of the novel Scout (Jean Louise Finch) asked her father Atticus Finch if they were poor, Atticus replied with a yes. The novel also says that farmers such as the Cunninghams were having a hard time with their crops. The novel also talks about the town and how it is like and how it looks as in feature wise.

The Great DepressionTopic: the great depressionQuestion: How did the great depression affect americans?Thesis statement:The great depression affected americans because it destroyed their economy. Millions of families lost theirs savings as many banks collapsed in the 1930’s.The Great Depression was the worst economic drop of all times in the industrial world1. The Great Depression began because of a stock market crash in 1929 and came to end ten years later in 1939, around 15 million americans were unemployed and about half of the American banks failed. It was one of the darkest era in the United States.When the stock market underwent rapid expansion, the production had been declined and unemployment had risen, leaving the stock prices higher

Imagine being stuck in a country that is constantly letting people down, making it hard for people to support their family. The necessities are crucial in the world of living, but yet they are hard to meet even now. During the Great Depression, many faced the hardship of being homeless, jobless, and feeling as though they are worthless. Although some might have had different experiences, many did face the cruel world that surrounded them. Many families migrated throughout the country, due to the poverty and the government who ran them from their homes. Dust bowls hit and caused problems for the agriculture of Americans in the Midwest and Southwestern parts of the U.S. It caused many farms to close and left families with nothing, since most farm families had worked from paycheck to paycheck with little in

he Great Depression was one of the hardest times in American history. It began on October 29, 1929, which was the year of the Stock Market Crash. At this time stock prices were rising, banks were failing, unemployment was beginning, and so much more. The depression caused 13 to 15 million Americans to be unemployed! As the stock market crashed, a lot of consumers' confidence began to vanished. The downturn in spending and investment led factories and other businesses to slow down production and construction and begin firing their employees. Much of the devastation during the depression was caused by the Dust Bowl in the western states. The dust storms destroyed a lot of produce and harvest from the farmers. Without the produce from the farmers, a lot of businesses in the cities lost their incomes and ended up losing their jobs. Not only did factory workers lose their