1930s

In our research I had learned that, “All in all, hundreds of thousands of Mexican immigrants, especially farm workers, were sent out of the country during the 1930s--many of them the same workers who had been eagerly recruited a decade before” and that, “In some Northern cities, whites called for blacks to be fired from any jobs as long as there were whites out of work. Racial violence again became more common…

families went through during the dust bowl. With the ground blowing away, the invention of tractors, and banks foreclosing on homes, it was very hard for old fashioned farmers to keep the banks happy. The Joads are very similar to any other family in the 1930’s. The Joads probably had lots of different crops but it was most likely corn for the most part. Corn is what most other farmers grew in Oklahoma. There was a severe drought which caused the ground the get really dry and hard. Because of…

The film Cinderella Man (2005) directed by Ron Howard it about a man in the 1930s named James J. Braddock. Braddock, a husband and father to three children, is a retired boxer struggling to support his family during the Great Depression. Since he is out of work, James J. Braddock has a difficult time affording basic necessities for his family, such as food and clothes, as well as rent for their apartment. Jim Braddock even applies for federal aid and attends the local soup kitchen. One day,…

The Dust Bowl and Life in The 1930ś Introduction: The Dust Bowl was a tragic event in the Southern states that impacted families as many people died and had creased financial responsibilities, but different laws were put in place to help people in the Dust Bowl. The Great Plains suffered a drought between 1930-1940. This drought was caused by changes in weather, farming techniques, economic and cultural factors. Many people suffered during the Dust Bowl including crops and animals. Dust…

On a cold mountain morning in the early 1930’s, a young American school girl did not look fittingly. Her teacher approached her desk and implored her to go home to get food in her system. “I can’t,” implied the little, “It’s my sister’s turn to eat.” This demonstrates the dark side of America in the 1930s. Between 1929-1940’s were the years that the U.S. experienced its longest and deepest fall.What caused the Great Depression? Although there were several factors that came together to cause the…

fictional book. The first history lesson that is shown is the little girl on the cover of the book is real, she was an actual person who lived during the Dust Bowl. Her name wasn’t Billy Joe, but she did actually live and go through the hardships of the 1930’s. On page 170 in the book, Billy Joe’s journal entry talks about a man named James Kingsbury who came to Joyce City wanting to take photos of the drought and the dust storms this was the man who took a bunch of the pictures from the dust…

Migrant Mother: Dorothea Lange The Dust Bowl of the 1930’s left many migrant families destitute as they struggled to survive through a period of economic depression in the United States. Dorothea Lange captured the plight of one of these families in the photograph, titled Migrant Mother. While working for the Farm Security Administration (FSA), Lange took six photos, but this one in particular became the most popular image from the series. According to Dubois, the purpose originally for the…

and Chapline 23) He later became the first leader of the Soil Conservation Service and is one of the most influential figures in the ongoing research of soil conservation. While Franklin D. Roosevelt was campaigning for presidency during the early 1930s, he proposed the idea of creating ways of conserving soil and during his presidency he signed a legislation that was used to conserve soil erosion and help natural resources. About 3 years after President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the bill…

Although there were countless key influences causing the Great Depression, the aftershock of World War One was key at provoking the sequential events which led to and caused the Great Depression during the 1930’s. Instantaneously, the aftermath of World War One left psychological scars on everyone causing many to grieve and act impulsively by filling the void of a lost loved one with newfound wealth acquired from the stock market. Also, with the war finally over and soldiers returning home, a…

Have you ever been dehydrated and you feel bad like there 's a storm inside of you? Well our country was dehydrated so badly that it created huge dust storms because of the lack of care for agriculture. Our country went through a time where we didn 't have much water because we didn 't have the resources like we have today. we had to wait till it rained to get water. So the agriculture areas were drying up because of the lack of rain. The dry land would be a key factor of the dust bowl because…