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The Great Depression The Great Depression was a time when things were hard for the United States from 1930 until the end of World War Two. On October 29th a Tuesday in the year 1929, the stock market had crashed. The banks had lost all of the money and could no longer pay the people there money back, people had used credit to buy the things that they wanted, over productivity of certain goods, and high tariffs were main reasons why we fell into the depression. People were losing their jobs, their houses, and their life they had before. Everyone was in search of work, men who had families even left them in search of jobs and also because they felt like they couldn't provide for them. Franklin Roosevelt created many types of programs and the New Deal to help the country fall back into place.

It showed people how to react to a certain kind of situation that they face. After the depression people learned how to not fall into another depression again. People learned to watch for there money. The depression changed how the United States was with their spending. It helped people learn how to deal with a certain situation.

The Effect on Men and Women. In the great depression there was segregation but it was not only between whites and blacks, but male and females as well. Often women had to complete college to be equal to a man who had only completed grade school, also men and women held very different roles in the house hold than a mad did. For example in the 1930's women were known for staying home while men went out to desperately find more work or a job in general. But women also were experts in making a dollar stretch as far as they could because when they’re man was out of work or town all they had was the money they had saved and all they could do was penny pinch and hope that they have enough. Now the male on the other hand was either out looking for a job or try to keep his current one. Known as the “bread winners” the men often had a hard time providing for their families and had mental exhaustion and insecurities. Basically in the midst of male hardship and economic ruin the female drive for equal rights momentarily took a back seat in the car of life.

Now let’s look at the statistics, in the 1930's there were approximately 1000 discriminatory laws against women having equal rights. Another fact about 1930's is the ratio of working men to working women of course it also depended on the industry they were working in for example in the industry of electrician women to men the work rate was 1 to 4,and in the automobile industry the ratio was about 1 to 10 in the work force. But many women were not in those industries of business they were either nurses or school teachers, and many of them work as personal service. Media is one of things that played a huge role in gender differences in the 30's. For example Rosie the Riveter, this icon for women, was very helpful as a recruitment advertisement that called women to work and still is being used today.

Effects on Race. The Great Depression brought many obstacles to all races. However, blacks had more struggles during this time. They had to deal with greater employment challenges with higher unemployment rates. In addition, those that were in need found themselves unable to get the help needed.

 Whites took priority over blacks in the work place during The Great Depression. About one half of all blacks were unemployed during this time, compared to about one third of whites. In some areas, blacks were fired if whites were unemployment so whites could get the jobs. Blacks also made less money than whites for the same jobs. One of the ways the blacks protested the conditions was by boycotting white businesses that did not employ blacks.

 The assistance programs for the needy also did not give as much help to blacks during this time as they did for the whites. Some organizations even turned away blacks. This led to the blacks organizing their own services to help those in need. These groups provided food, clothing, and housing for the needy.

The Lower, Middle, and Upper Class.



Life for people in the lower class during the Great Depression was a hard time. Unemployment was getting higher and even if people had a job they barely had any money to get by. Most of the people in this class was farmers. When people did not have any money, they could afford to feed themselves or others in their family, so they would go to bread lines and soup kitchens in order to eat. Houses were hard to afford and maintain so when people would lose their houses they would roam the streets in order to find shelter. Some of the people that were homeless started to collect apple boxes, apple crates, and cardboard in order to make a house. These houses in the neighborhood were considered Hoovervilles. The Hoovervilles were located near waterway ditches that contained many type of bacteria. The black had it much worse then anyone else. The whites during this time didn't just discriminate the blacks, but people such as Jews, Hispanics, homosexuals and other groups of the sort.

The middle class during the time was a small group and would usually consist of the occupations such as teachers, lawyers, architects, doctors and Okies. An Okie was an immigrated farmer who had moved into the middle class before the Great Depression started. Their living styles were the same as the lower class such as the housing and the food. The people living in the environment were not really sanitary and would usually get sick.



During the time in the Great Depression, the upper class had it easy. When they had lost most of their money they quickly began to maintain their money back. They did not lose their houses or even have to  worry about how they could provide for their family. The working class believed that the reason why the United States fell into the Great Depression was because of the upper class spending their money recklessly. Since the upper class gained their money back they began to flaunt it more each and every day. During the this hard time, the upper class began to become angered since Roosevelt would not help the class with gaining their money back.

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