1930s

The Great Depression was a horrific time in our society. There were many homeless people, businesses were going bankrupt, and millions of people had no money to support themselves or their families. The Banks closed down and many people lost all of the money they put into them and people lost jobs in banks which trickled down into many jobs being lost.The Great Depression lasted for multiple years because President Herbert Hoover thought the whole economy would eventually fix itself. That was…

Joanna NgoThe first thing that crossed my mind when the article, "End of Eras," was presented in front me: the article has a cool title, but it's probably not that interesting to read, though. After the anecdote, I realize that I was mistaken in my accusation. Everything was interesting throughout the article, from the segment about corn to the reasons to why the Pueblo had collapsed. In short, "End of Eras" was a pleasant article that was very informative, but did it in a way that kept the…

The American dream was a subject often written about by the authors of the 20th century, as it had become nothing more than a dream to many who struggled greatly during the Great Depression. American author John Steinbeck, who grew up in modest means and was a blue-collar worker for much of his life, even swayed towards socialist ideals which he commented upon heavily in many of his novels. Steinbeck used many of his pieces to bring his observations of social and economic injustice to the eye of…

The Great Depression, the largest economic downturn in United States history, left countless Americans in economic ruin. The effects of the Great Depression were felt by Americans of all walks of life throughout the country. A lack of involvement from President Hoover’s administration left these countless Americans facing economic hardships without any governmental assistance. Therefore, it is accurate to state that the Great Depression affected all kind of people across America and that it is…

The Great Depression was a tragic term of the 20's-30's, however, with the depression came the Dust Bowl otherwise known as the dirty thirties due to its dirty and dusty storms. The Dust bowl was hard on most farmers as many of them depended on their crops as their main source of food and money. With the Dust Bowl came droughts which killed crops, forcing the farmers into poverty. The dust washed out all life that had once flourished in the fields of the farms. Without the proper crops the…

Clint Eastwood’s “Pale Rider” is about a mysterious Preacher, played by Eastwood himself, who becomes the hero for the modest people of Carbon Canyon who are under the threat of Coy LaHood, a mining superpower. The film starts with LaHood’s men riding through Carbon Canyon and terrorizing its citizens. After the attack, the town is damaged and devastated. The people of Carbon Canyon are afraid of LaHood because he controls most of the land around them; the only one he doesn’t control is Carbon…

The great depression happened during 1929-1931 some of the main causes were farm crisis, dust bowl, and overproduction. Many farmers were producing too much crops and consumers could not keep up with the production and prices dropped. After overproduction really hit the farmers many of them went out of business. The few farmers still making money had their farms ruined by the dust bowl. The great depression would have been not as bad if none of these three things happened. Overproduction one of…

The World Bank funded the building of the Chixoy Dam in Guatemala, a project whose adverse effects are still being felt to-date. This dam was meant to develop a reliable source of energy but instead turned out to be a burden to Guatemala and its people. Most of the methods used to force people out of their native lands during the dam’s construction were brutal and in complete violation of human rights. Intimidation campaigns and the military were used to silence resistance. Over 400 men, women…

During the Great Depression, twelve million people were unemployed and underneath the poverty line (Alchin). Scotch Tape was the go to fixer for many different household items that the people described above could not afford to replace or repair so they would use the scotch tape to fix any issues that they ran into; such as a broken toy, ripped paper, or even broken light bulbs (Alchin). Scotch tape has been a very useful invention that has been used over the many years that has changed the uses…

I am doing the greatest generation because they seem like the ones with the most content and interesting. This generation endured a lot of hardships. They were born post World War 1 world where europe was ravaged by the great war. They toughed it out through the great depression the hardest recession of the United States. They hated prohibition but went through that with illegal alcohol. They saw the horrors of World War 2 and its aftermath on the world.They felt the red scare from the cold war…