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Class Difference
Stephen Carver, “Class Difference”, digital photograph, 2008, The Great Depression Collection, Atlanta, GA.
During the Great Depression, millions of Americans were in poverty and dropped in status. Many people who were use to the middle class and suburban life were in for quite the change. From October in 1929 when the stock market crashed to 1941, millions of people had their lives drastically changed from what they were use to. People were losing their jobs left and right. Those who once worked in factories were laid off since nobody was buying or just couldn’t afford the products that were being made. Farmers across the nation could not make a living since the world’s price for agricultural goods dropped drastically in price and all the extra crops that have been farmed were now being put into warehouses. Many farmers then turned to raising cows, pigs and chickens to accumulate for their losses in crops. In Europe, the farmers were suffering the same agricultural problems. Economist could not explain why the prices in food were going down. The European nations made the decision to put a tariff on foreign foods and import quotas. Producers of staple crops received a huge blow. Since many of those farmers purchased land and heavy machinery during the war, they could not afford mortgage payments and repairs, thus leading them into bankruptcy. Yet some people were still able to maintain their standard of living despite the economic condition American was suffering. Depending on your job or career, you still might have been able to pull through these hard times. My Grandfather was just a child during the Great Depression. He remembers what it was like for many of the people during those days. Yet he was one of the fortunate ones. His father was a butcher and owned his own shop. So for his family, they had enough meat to last them throughout the Depression. On occasion, they would have people off the streets come in the store and beg for food. My great grandfather would have to tell them to leave or he would notify the police. Most of the time, they would just leave, yet on one occasion, my grandfather told of a man who robbed the store of some ham and ran off. Overall, the majority of the people of America were on the same boat. In times like the Great Depression, so many people would commit acts just to keep themselves or their loved ones from starving on the cold, unforgiving streets.
Garraty, John A. The Greta Depression. San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers , 1986.
Wallis, John."The Economics of the Great Depression" Southern Economic Journal 66, no. (1998): 1019-1020.
Wecter, Dixion. The Age of the Great Depression . New York: Macmillian Company , 1948. (Primay Source)
See this link for additional information en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression_in_the_United_Stat...
Class Difference
Stephen Carver, “Class Difference”, digital photograph, 2008, The Great Depression Collection, Atlanta, GA.
During the Great Depression, millions of Americans were in poverty and dropped in status. Many people who were use to the middle class and suburban life were in for quite the change. From October in 1929 when the stock market crashed to 1941, millions of people had their lives drastically changed from what they were use to. People were losing their jobs left and right. Those who once worked in factories were laid off since nobody was buying or just couldn’t afford the products that were being made. Farmers across the nation could not make a living since the world’s price for agricultural goods dropped drastically in price and all the extra crops that have been farmed were now being put into warehouses. Many farmers then turned to raising cows, pigs and chickens to accumulate for their losses in crops. In Europe, the farmers were suffering the same agricultural problems. Economist could not explain why the prices in food were going down. The European nations made the decision to put a tariff on foreign foods and import quotas. Producers of staple crops received a huge blow. Since many of those farmers purchased land and heavy machinery during the war, they could not afford mortgage payments and repairs, thus leading them into bankruptcy. Yet some people were still able to maintain their standard of living despite the economic condition American was suffering. Depending on your job or career, you still might have been able to pull through these hard times. My Grandfather was just a child during the Great Depression. He remembers what it was like for many of the people during those days. Yet he was one of the fortunate ones. His father was a butcher and owned his own shop. So for his family, they had enough meat to last them throughout the Depression. On occasion, they would have people off the streets come in the store and beg for food. My great grandfather would have to tell them to leave or he would notify the police. Most of the time, they would just leave, yet on one occasion, my grandfather told of a man who robbed the store of some ham and ran off. Overall, the majority of the people of America were on the same boat. In times like the Great Depression, so many people would commit acts just to keep themselves or their loved ones from starving on the cold, unforgiving streets.
Garraty, John A. The Greta Depression. San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers , 1986.
Wallis, John."The Economics of the Great Depression" Southern Economic Journal 66, no. (1998): 1019-1020.
Wecter, Dixion. The Age of the Great Depression . New York: Macmillian Company , 1948. (Primay Source)
See this link for additional information en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression_in_the_United_Stat...