1930s

In the 1930’s times were much different from times today. The Great depression was during this time. It was America's lowest point in the Economy. An article , online, from Carrer Trend says, “The unemployment rate, only 3.2 percent in 1929, rose to 24.9 by 1933-- more than 12.8 million people were out of work that year.” Also, in the movie To Kill a Mockingbird, the young girl in the movie, Scout, asks her father Atticus if they were as poor as some of their town friends and he replied by saying

This quote is from To Kill A Mockingbird, a novel written by Harper Lee, and told in the voice of six-year-old Scout Finch who grows up in Maycomb, Alabama, during the 1930’s. She lives with her brother, Jem, and her father, Atticus, who is a well-respected lawyer who takes the case of a black man that is accused of rape. The 1930’s is not the most fitting or ideal time to grow up because everyone is struggling financially because of the Great Depression. The Great Depression, a ten-year economic

1930-1940 The 1930s brought a very turbulent time to the United States. As a result of the Stock Market Crash of 1929, the nation was experiencing a severe depression. There were hard class divisions dividing the nation. People were either extremely rich or extremely poor. The middle class simply did not exist (Bondi 97). On March 4, 1933 Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office with the promise of hope and relief for struggling Americans. Roosevelt followed up his promise for help with the New Deal

The 1930s brought many changes to the southern US. The decade kicked off with the beginning of the Great Depression, a time of economic collapse. The south, as well as the rest of the country was greatly impacted by many other factors including the social and cultural standards of the day. Life was difficult for everyone during this time. The 1930’s greatly affected the lives of people in the south of all races, genders, and ages, although it was very noticeably harder for some more than others.

be discussing the difference in working conditions of the 1930s and 1950s and compare them to today’s working condition standards. We will also discuss how we as individual’s personal careers path would be in the 1930s and 1950s. Finally, we will discuss if are career did not exist at that time in the United States, what we would do as individuals would do to as a career and how it compares to today. Working Conditions in the early 1930s to the 1950s was constantly evolving. President Roosevelt’s

The Great Depression of the 1930s is notably one of the greatest crises of American history. During this time frame the American economy collapsed in great part because of factors such as the existence of massive wealth inequality, the dust bowl that started in the Great Plains, and the rampant business speculation of the 1920’s. These factors helped turn an awful economic depression into what would be called an all-out social crisis. Bread lines and soup kitchens became a common occurrence in American

The assigned readings offered an interesting and complex view of some of the diverse groups of people who were marginalized in California during the Great Depression of the 1930s. The primary sources shared detailed information on how Mexicans, Filipinos, and White Americas experienced hostility and inequality in California. In Resistance, Radicalism, and Repression on the Oxnard Plain, Frank Barajas discusses how beet sugar growers on the Oxnard Plain cut the wages of Mexican laborers working in

rights and nothing less.” The roles of women in society today have changed drastically since the 1930s as for as their careers, family lives, and the respect they may or may not receive. The roles of women during the 1930s and the Great Depression are very different from the roles of women today. A. Homemaker roles were forced upon women. However, it seemed like this could change during the 1930s. When the Depression hit, it heavily affected what was considered “men’s work,” such as work in

In the 1930’s the cities Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, and fell into a severe drought. They drought had lasted almost a decade, and on top of that the states had big dust storms. All the states got dust storms so much we all started to call them to“Dust Bowls.” Unfortunately not everyone could get up and move, most farmers were forced to stay. Since the farmers had to stay they had to make the most of what they had. The had no water for the crops, farm animals, or themselves. October 15

Act )authorized the federal government to try and raise farm prices and force farmers to plant less (Foner 816). This worked to a point and forced many to leave their farms and move to the cities or to the west coast. The problem was during the early 1930’s the country was under a great drought, causing this now exposed soil to dry up even faster and begin to blow around. The winds would often blow for days, carrying soil particles as far east as New York City. Families that remained