1930s

There are wonders on who had a more difficult time during the great depression. There were two main groups, city dwellers or dust bowl farmers? I think that city dwellers had the worst time during the great depression. Farmers have had many advantages even before the great depression. They were able to produce their own food without having to depend on a supermarket to do so. Some farmers had multiple animals that could provide them food with nutrients. They could use their cows for milk and…

Effects of the Dust Bowl Swoosh! Dust and wind rocks your house back and forth. You wake up and find that there is three feet of dust in every room your flimsy house. You pull up the covers and hope that when you peek out of them your house will still be standing. By the end of 1934, 38 dust storms had swept across the land of the south. By the end of the Dust Bowl over 250,000 were homeless. The Dust Bowl was a disastrous event caused by farmers over plowing the fields in the south, but there…

The Dust Bowl was, and still is, one of the oddest things that ever occurred in nature. The Dust Bowl struck terror into the heart of anyone who witnessed the dust storms rolling across the plains like a furious black cloud. However, as time passed the dust storms were no longer thought of as a freak accident, they became almost ordinary as the dust storms occurred nearly every day. The Dust Bowl was a period of time when the topsoil became so loose that winds would sweep up the dust, carrying…

In the movie “ Cinderella Man ” the time zone is in the Great Depression this movie accurately portrays the Great Depression because it shows unemployment, poverty and how desperate people were for money. this movie was like the reflection on a mirror for the Great Depression because it showed everything accurately. Cinderella man is about a man by the name of James J.Braddock James goes by the name of Jim, Jim was the idol in the great he…

During the 1930s the world was at a turning point everything was changing and the road to war became clearer for all the parties that had a major stake during that era one example I would like to reference is on page 44 "the decade of the 1930s witnessed a long series of crises that marked the world 's gradual descent into war, not in East Asia and in Europe. these crises unfolded against a background of economic distress created by the Great Depression and the rise of political extremism that…

Living conditions during the 1930s were some of the most difficult in US history, and the health of the nation was a major concern. With food and money both being scarce, hard choices would have to be made with some regularity. Staying healthy to support others in your care would be a necessity, along with assuring the rest of your family remained healthy to avoid additional hardships. During this time, the available options for healthcare and medical services weren’t immediately evident. With…

ever wondered about how different races of children were treated during education in the 1930? Well in the 1930s, it was worse with the racism comments in the south than the north. During this certain time period the lunches at school were cut down so the kids had to bring their own lunch. Black teachers didn't get as much pay as the white teachers did. Segregation and discrimination were common in the 1930s in schools. In California, it was harder for the Latinos to fight for the rights of…

The 1930s was a time period of economic recession, war, and agricultural disaster. The 1930s was a also a period of high crime. The murder rate was at 9.7, the highest in American history and burglaries were also at an all time high (“Crime 1920-1940”). The United States crime rate spiked in the 1930s mostly due to Prohibition, and led to the rise of the Mafia and other famous gangsters because of lack of respect towards law enforcement and the government, and triggered rise of the FBI (“Crime…

ways of entertainment. This is how it was during the 1930s. The Great Depression was going on during the ‘30s. A lot of people had wanted to be entertained as the Library of Congress states, “Even during “hard times” and war time, people needed to be entertained. The Americans in the 1930s and 1940s were no exception. They enjoyed many forms of entertainment, particularly if they could do so inexpensively” ( “Art and Entertainment in the 1930s and 1940s” 1). The Americans of the 30s did not…

There was a lot of popular sports during the 1930’s and they were dominated by superstars. Baseball was the most popular sport of the 1930’s in America. However Baseball owner were still scared that the Great Depression was going to draw fans away from the great game, and they were also afraid they weren’t gonna make money on souvenirs because no one would by them. Luckily people did go to baseball games as they used it as a way to distract themselves from what was going on in their lives.…