Pros And Cons Of City Dwellers During The Great Depression

There are wonders on who had a more difficult time during the great depression. There were two main groups, city dwellers or dust bowl farmers? I think that city dwellers had the worst time during the great depression. Farmers have had many advantages even before the great depression. They were able to produce their own food without having to depend on a supermarket to do so. Some farmers had multiple animals that could provide them food with nutrients. They could use their cows for milk and meat, their pigs for bacon, chickens for eggs, and they has sacks of flour and sugar. They were also able to bake their own bread. When they were not able to pay for coal that they would use for heat they would supplement the coal with corn. Farmers …show more content…
Many large cities would provide free meals for the homeless just like today. A large amount of people living in the city lost their jobs. Hundreds of citizens could not afford their rent. A cooperation called Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) hired a numerous amount of teenagers to work. They were provided with shelter and food. Even though, they paid them the money went to the family. This helped family’s tremendously, because they did not have to worry about one less child. It also helped them get a check that could pay for the rent, food and clothes. They also had the option on being on welfare. That was a system that was created by the government, which helped with providing necessities for multiple families. Unlike farmers they could not make their food. They depended on nearby markets to supply their meat, eggs, bread, and etc. It was also another organization that helped struggling families, called the Workers Progress Administration (WPA). They would hire men to work on parks, pools, roads, and etc. With the Civilian Conservation Cooperation the boys not only were involved work, but they were also involved with projects. These projects would include them helping to preserve natural areas. They would plants trees, clean the streets, and etc. They would also do a lot of construction on the side to help with their families. These projects would come in handy when applying for colleges. They like to see you doing something good for the community being a helping hand. Many rich people did not feel an impact and were blind of those who feel an impact. With the inauguration of Roosevelt in 1933, the unemployment rate was close to twenty five percent of the population. Eight years later it decreased to about fourteen percent. The Great Depression also changed the family title. A lot of couples delayed their marriages. The divorce rate decreased as well as the birth rates. The reason why the divorce rate went down was,