How Did The Great Depression Affect People

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Some people may say that the great depression had a positive effect on the people who lived through it, but that isn’t the case in this situation. The great depression had a big, negative effect on the people who lived through it. The great depression was a big drought where many people lost their jobs, money, and many other things. The people in the great depression didn’t have many things, the mines closed, and the farmers crops were lost.
First, the people didn’t have many things. The witnesses of the great depression didn’t have many materials. Folks didn’t have money, toilet paper, lights, or ice. They barely had enough food to stay alive, and pretty much no rain. No rain meant no crops or grass, no grass meant no live stock. It was hard

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