Hooverville

There were homeless Americans in many places, they would built makeshift towns on the outskirts of cities and in abandoned lots and parks, they were nicknamed "Hoovervilles". African Americans suffered more than white people, African Americans were usually the "last hired and first fired" for jobs. Many suffered from hunger as well, country 's farms still produced plenty of food but the lack of funds for transportation…

Homeless people lived in very poor towns called Hoovervilles, which then allowed Herbert Hoovers name to be associated with failure and resentment. In contrast to Hoover, FDR transformed the role of the federal government and it led to a shift in the Democratic party, which was brought on by the New Deal…

The Results and Causes of the Great Depression The end of World War One saw The United States become the economic power of the world, which tied multiple nation’s economies with theirs. When the stock market crashed in 1929 causing the Great Depression, all countries tied with the U.S were dragged down along with them. This resulted in many citizens becoming unemployed and searching for jobs. Canada was affected severely as one in five Canadians became dependant on government relief for…

The 1930’s was a time of devastation for the US economy and for people around the world. The great depression affected many people. Millions lost their jobs and were left homeless. Unemployment was at an all time high. Families lost their homes and had no source of income. This all changed when World War II broke out. When the war started in the 1940’s, thousands were presented with the opportunity to find jobs in the military. After thousands of men left to fight the war, tons of new…

The Great Gift of Anna Perenna I woke up one morning on a hot, dry day in New York, to a loud wailing noise coming from the kitchen. I stumbled out of bed and saw my parents crowded around the radio, with a tear stained mama and papa silently praying. I automatically went to hug mama, as she was hysterical. “This isn’t fair!”she screamed,”why do we get so much misfortune?” I hugged her while her snot and tears soaked my shirt. I glanced at the clock and realized I had to be off to work at the…

The years from 1929 to 1939 were some of the hardest years to live in during American history. This time period is known as The Great Depression. After the stock market crashed in October of 1929, millions of investors were wiped out. Consumer spending began to plummet causing a domino effect across the nation. Once consumer spending began to decline so did investment which eventually led to unemployment levels rising as companies started failing. By the year 1933 the unemployment rate rose to…

the Great Depression America was facing a plethora of problems. The economy was at the point of collapse and a huge portion of the money was among a very small number of very wealthy individuals. People had resorted to living in villages called Hoovervilles where the houses were made up of whatever could be salvaged. Before the Great Depression began people took out loans carelessly without money to back it up; people were paid too little and goods cost too much. More goods were produced than…

In 1937, when the author John Steinbeck wrote the novella “Of Mice and Men”, he didn’t just whip out a tale of two men, George and Lennie, struggling to reach their dream during the Great Depression, he crafted a story about the hardships and loyalty of friendship. During the Great Depression, many people struggled to find work, and George and Lennie were some of the lucky ones.In the beginning of the story George warns Lennie that if he gets in trouble, and he will (if he didn’t Steinbeck…

Today as students, reading in our expensive textbooks and attending very costly schools, we seldom get a look into just how hard it must have been to live in a time when every penny counted. The problems experienced then were different to those today. And the problem was not what outfit to wear, but one of ‘Are my only clothes too worn out to wear?’ The 1930s during the Great Depression were very trying years in the United States, a period depicted John Steinbeck’s famous novel, The Grapes of…

On October 24,1929, the stock market began to crash, sending the country into a depression that would last nearly a decade. Unemployment was rising and there were more housing foreclosures, which left people homeless. Food lines were common and bank closings were the norm. Out in the Plains, a drought started and the wind began to blow, kicking up dust, and causing catastrophic damage to the land and to the agricultural economy. The 1930s was a decade of strife and struggle that brought about…