People who have lived through the Great Depression have the memory seared in their brain like no other. They have lived through one of the greatest economic disasters ever. The Great Depression closed thousands of banks, put millions out of work, and put our country in an economic turmoil. People had many different small jobs in the depression. They could have been door-to-door salesmen, painted houses, sold food to grocery stores, plowed farms for people, or even cut hair for the neighborhood. None of these jobs were very high paying though. The highest paying job was only $5. That is only $65 in today's money. People lived off that for at least a month. The skill of making every last penny count was needed in this time period.
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This usually consisted of listening to the radio or a wind-up record player. Every now and again you could watch a parachuter at the airport. At the local park, they held free ball games where you could watched people play football or baseball. After the ball games, a band usually performed. The bands only survived the first two years of the depression.
Some people were forced to get loans to plant new plants. They usually didn’t have to pay until the crop comes in. It didn’t rain much in the plains so farming wasn’t a good idea in this time period. This prevented farmers to make back lost money buying seed and horses to plow the field. This resulted in the farmers going broke too.
In 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected for president because he believed the government should support the people. He had a plan to end the Depression. It was called The New Deal. During his first 100 days of presidency, 100 bills streamed through his office to be approved. All of which were to help the Great Depression. The first part of the act was a four-day bank holiday. During this time, the Congress drafted the Emergency Banking Bill of 1933. This stabilized the public's belief in the banks of America. The Civil Conservation Corps was one of the most successful parts of the New Deal. It let many young men from ages 17-23 get a job from the government. They lived in camps in the forests, and they planted trees and dug …show more content…
These people’s jobs were building bridges, roads, parks and airports, and public buildings. These men working were payed about $30 a month to do these jobs. ⅔ of this money was sent home. The other third was used for the expenses they needed to pay at work.
The NIRA (National Industrial Recovery Act) and the NRA (National Recovery Administration) were designed to regulate the amount of hours worked a week. These acts also banned child labor. These rules were made to address unemployment rates. The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) gave about $3 billion to states for work relief programs. The Agricultural Adjustment Act paid farmers for reducing crops and gave them loans to plant new crops.
The Home Owners’ Loan Corporation helped home owners’ by giving them loans to save their homes from foreclosure. All these acts were making America get closer to ending the Great Depression. These acts made Americas’ people less poor. The reason most of this happened is because the stock market crashed. This resulted in the people loosing all the money they had in the stock trade. It was a super frustrating time for anyone who lived through these
During the …show more content…
This usually consisted of listening to the radio or a wind-up record player. Every now and again you could watch a parachuter at the airport. At the local park, they held free ball games where you could watched people play football or baseball. After the ball games, a band usually performed. The bands only survived the first two years of the depression.
Some people were forced to get loans to plant new plants. They usually didn’t have to pay until the crop comes in. It didn’t rain much in the plains so farming wasn’t a good idea in this time period. This prevented farmers to make back lost money buying seed and horses to plow the field. This resulted in the farmers going broke too.
In 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected for president because he believed the government should support the people. He had a plan to end the Depression. It was called The New Deal. During his first 100 days of presidency, 100 bills streamed through his office to be approved. All of which were to help the Great Depression. The first part of the act was a four-day bank holiday. During this time, the Congress drafted the Emergency Banking Bill of 1933. This stabilized the public's belief in the banks of America. The Civil Conservation Corps was one of the most successful parts of the New Deal. It let many young men from ages 17-23 get a job from the government. They lived in camps in the forests, and they planted trees and dug …show more content…
These people’s jobs were building bridges, roads, parks and airports, and public buildings. These men working were payed about $30 a month to do these jobs. ⅔ of this money was sent home. The other third was used for the expenses they needed to pay at work.
The NIRA (National Industrial Recovery Act) and the NRA (National Recovery Administration) were designed to regulate the amount of hours worked a week. These acts also banned child labor. These rules were made to address unemployment rates. The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) gave about $3 billion to states for work relief programs. The Agricultural Adjustment Act paid farmers for reducing crops and gave them loans to plant new crops.
The Home Owners’ Loan Corporation helped home owners’ by giving them loans to save their homes from foreclosure. All these acts were making America get closer to ending the Great Depression. These acts made Americas’ people less poor. The reason most of this happened is because the stock market crashed. This resulted in the people loosing all the money they had in the stock trade. It was a super frustrating time for anyone who lived through these