1930s

In the 1930s, something terrible happened, it was called the Great Depression. During the Great Depression people lost their jobs and homes. The most terrible thing was probably the start of Hoovervilles. Hoovervilles were created because of Herbert Hoover’s poor conditions with the economy. Hoovervilles are a very important part of history; the important topics of Hoovervilles are knowing what they are, where they were located, and how life was like living in them. The first thing that is…

hunger, homelessness, and struggling because people didn’t have jobs, no money, or were in debt. First of all, one of the impacts was unemployment because no one has jobs. The unemployment rate had risen to 25% in the United States between 1930 and 1940. Farmers had suffered the most because crop prices had dropped by 60% and they were unable to take any other jobs. There is a photograph of two men walking down a street with suitcases in their hands and in front of them is a sign…

Bear Grylls once said, “Survival can be summed up in three words - never give up. That 's the heart of it really. Just keep trying,” (Grylls). What Grylls is portraying is that trying to make a better life for oneself is not going to be easy. One has to always try to make it better, but that means one cannot give up when something goes wrong. Perseverance is a characteristic that everyone has inside of himself or herself, but it depends on whether it is used or not. In Hallie Flanagan, Ellen…

Throughout John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, the reader sees the frequent and divisive theme of loneliness. In 1930s USA the Great Depression was underway, and this left many men unemployed. Many men left their friends and families in search of menial labour and travelled the USA on a solo search for a job. They’d work this job for a month or so, then collect their money and move on to the next job. These jobs would mostly be on ranches, and due to the inherently hierarchical structure of…

The great depression In Canada today we have many advantages compared to other countries, we don 't tolerate racism or discrimination and we provide free healthcare and jobs to every Canadian citizen. But 75 years ago, we did not have any of these advantages. The Great Depression was one of the most desperate times Canada had or would ever see, which is why it was the most scaring period for Canadians. Although nowadays Canadians live one of the most convent lives in…

people were homeless during the 1930( aka the industrialized revolution)because of the aftermath of the 1929 Great Depression a decade long economic crises which left over 2 million of people, and investors homeless until 1939 3. I think teenagers would have different reasons because…

The Great Depression was arguably America’s darkest hour. Looking back, modern day Americans cannot fathom the despair and hopelessness that covered America like an itchy woolen blanket throughout the 1930s. How bad were those days? What kept American families alive? Where was God? Now, imagine if another Great Depression happened tomorrow. Could America recover? As a student flips through his history textbook, he spots a photo of men lined up around a block waiting for bread at a soup kitchen.…

John Steinbeck is an influential writer that is considered the author of the 1930s. His most famous works are all inspired by the struggles in the Great Depression. All of these works illustrate the importance of relationships. One theme that he depicts is the theme of how opposites do not attract. This is certainly the case in Steinbeck’s short novel, Of Mice and Men. In Of Mice and Men, the two main characters, George and Lennie, experience and see many opposites that do not attract, whether…

unemployment had adverse effects on health. He argued that the MOH were unconvinced that illness was concentrated where unemployment was highest, and noted that the death rate, nor the infant mortality rate rose significantly between the 1920s and 1930s. Thane also reinforces this argument and states that Governments were reluctant to acknowledge the effects of unemployment in malnutrition and ill health. Despite this, Borowy states that health specialists globally tried to identify…

nation. Finally, it examine whether or not these events radically changed women’s lives, or if women’s lives stayed the same throughout these events. The first event that strongly effect women during this time period was the Great Depression in the 1930’s. What it so interesting about the great depression, is that it had both a negative and positive effect on the women in the country. On the negative side, the depression and the hardships that fell on the country during it, halted a lot of the…