Social Differences Between 1920s And 1930s

During the time period of the 1920s to the 1930s, life for American citizens changed greatly. In my opinion, this was a time period where there was a tremendous change in the society. There are many similarities and differences between these two periods even though the economy in the 1920s was completely different from the economy in the 1930s. Between these two time periods, America was affected socially, economically and politically. The way people were living during the 1920s was much better compared to the 1930s because their lives in the 1920s went from being amazing with new ideas to the 1930s where everything was going downhill. The way people were living in the 1920s to the 1930s were different but both caused the economy to socially …show more content…
Generally, they are treated with most courteously, to be sure, but what they want, what they have to say, is regarded as of little weight.” (Doc B). This statement from Eleanor proves that women were living under the double standard, since men didn’t give much consideration towards women that have gone into the politics. Compared to the 1920s, the 1930s caused most women to become jobless and looked down upon. The stock market crash and dust bowl that occurred caused people to lose jobs and homes, it affected the families of this time period and caused most to be broken up. The dust bowl was a horrible event during the 1930s because it caused most farmers to not being able to farm since the increase in crops being planted led to over farming and the soil became worse and worse, which caused a drought and led to the dust bowl. A letter from a dust bowl survivor to her family describes the dust bowl, “When we open the door, swirling whirlwinds of soil beat against us unmercifully, and we are glad to go back inside and sit choking on the dirt. We couldn’t see the streetlight just in front of the house.” (Doc …show more content…
Most of the children and teenagers were left with their mothers that did what they could to help, but jobs were hard and paid severely less than males. Due to both the dust bowl and stock market crash families could no longer support themselves.The Stock Market crash was the biggest event that caused the society to be economically affected. The day of the stock market crash is October 29, 1929. From Elliot V. Bell, a New York Times reporter, he describes the Stock Market on October 24, 1929, “The bottom simply fell out of the market. From all over the country a torrent of selling orders poured onto the floor of the Stock Exchange and there were no buying orders to meet it. Quotations of representative active issues like Steel, Telephone, and Anaconda, began to fall two, three, five, and even ten points between sales.” (Doc E). The Stock Market crash day is known as Black Tuesday. Stock prices fell causing a record 16.4 million shares to be sold anyone who bought on the margin now has