The life of many Americans took a dramatic turn in the midst of the month October in 1929. This change lasted for nearly 10 years which left them in poverty, hopeless, and also left them hungry. Because of all those effect, this period of time was given the title The Great Depression. There were a variety of things that led to this period such as: Stock Market crash, bank failures, The Gold Standard, American Economic Policy with Europe, and the Dust Bowl. Those are the 5 main factors that influenced the start of the Great Depression. The Stock Market Crash wasn’t the start of it all but it was one of the biggest symptoms beginning on October 29, 1929. Black Tuesday cleaned out many investors because of their 16 million shares on the New
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Many families faced extreme difficulties during this period. Divorces started to become an usual, expected thing and so did wedding delays. Birthrates also dropped extremely fast even below the replacement level. When President Hoover took office, the stress of families grew because of the deficit of income. This also put men out of work and caused them to depend on their wives and children for financial support. Many men lost their dignity and self-respect so they abandoned their family. On the other hand, women grew from it and was able to procure jobs easier than their husbands. Illegal exiles of 400,000 Mexican-Americans was an effect of a shortage of jobs in the Southwest so that whites could get more jobs and relief from the …show more content…
He wanted to direct America on a secure path when the economic mind was at its lowest point. Although he was doing everything that he thought would help, he failed to end the depression. There were many different impacts that the New Deal had on arts and letters such as: need for a sidetrack of entertainment, government grant for art, observation of suffering across the land, documents of American culture and backstory of it how it was established, etc. These influences led to a variety of art movements. One of those being modern dancing unfolded by Martha Graham and Doris Humphrey. The movement of Abstract Expressionism was developed by painters. The Golden Age of Hollywood started the American Style of Filmmaking. Jazz music and the form of dance that it created developed the Swing Movement. Assignments of writers, artists, musicians, and dancers were funded by Works Progress
Many families faced extreme difficulties during this period. Divorces started to become an usual, expected thing and so did wedding delays. Birthrates also dropped extremely fast even below the replacement level. When President Hoover took office, the stress of families grew because of the deficit of income. This also put men out of work and caused them to depend on their wives and children for financial support. Many men lost their dignity and self-respect so they abandoned their family. On the other hand, women grew from it and was able to procure jobs easier than their husbands. Illegal exiles of 400,000 Mexican-Americans was an effect of a shortage of jobs in the Southwest so that whites could get more jobs and relief from the …show more content…
He wanted to direct America on a secure path when the economic mind was at its lowest point. Although he was doing everything that he thought would help, he failed to end the depression. There were many different impacts that the New Deal had on arts and letters such as: need for a sidetrack of entertainment, government grant for art, observation of suffering across the land, documents of American culture and backstory of it how it was established, etc. These influences led to a variety of art movements. One of those being modern dancing unfolded by Martha Graham and Doris Humphrey. The movement of Abstract Expressionism was developed by painters. The Golden Age of Hollywood started the American Style of Filmmaking. Jazz music and the form of dance that it created developed the Swing Movement. Assignments of writers, artists, musicians, and dancers were funded by Works Progress