Hooverville

enough money to pay them on the spot, so they would pay later. Many of this lead to people losing their jobs and property. Due to the lack of money and growth of homeless people, hoovervilles or shanty …

FDR brought the country hope, in a time when rarely anyone had any. 13 to 15 million Americans were left without the basic needs they required due to the massive layoffs of the Depression. Unsure of the future, American’s felt comfort in the leadership of FDR. A sense of hope and security grew within the minds of the American people during his presidency. Roosevelt’s policies and overall charisma allowed the country to trust his leadership and gain hope for the future of the nation. Americans…

“ 'No,' Ma said. 'I ain't tar'd.' “ Being tired is an aspect of life that no one can impede. In this novel Ma Joad is one of the main characters that bonds the family, no matter what the costs. She took the hardest hits when Grandma and Grandpa Joad passed, when her future son in law ran away, and when her oldest son ditched the family at a rest stop. She really wanted the family to be as one. All throughout the book she told Tom Joad, her “favorite” boy, that “The fambly is breakin' up”. Even…

The Greatest Generation is defined as the generation that was born in the 1920s, grew up during the Great Depression, fought in World War 2, and came home to build the world’s strongest economy. They learned important values such as hard work, determination, and the importance of money, trust, compassion, respect, sacrifice, and strength through adversity. They earned the title of the Greatest Generation by their ability to recover from the Great Depression, their sacrifice for the sparing of…

The movie Cinderella Man is a biographical film based on the life of boxer James J. Braddock during the Great Depression. The movie vividly illustrates his struggles as the main protagonist suffering through a nation hit by the stock market crash. October 29, 1929 is the date known to many as Black Tuesday, but to many others it was the day their lives would be changed for years to come. This day marked the stock market crash and a new lifestyle for the people in the next decade. James Braddock…

ways during the Great Depression. For example, when a man’s empty pockets were turned inside out demonstrating that he didn 't have any money in his pockets , they would call it a “Hoover Flag”. Shanty towns during the Great Depression were named “Hooverville”. Newspapers that were used to block the homeless from the cold were called “Hoover blankets”. When soles wore out of people’s shoes, the cardboard that was used to take the place of soles would be called “Hoover leather”. Cars that were…

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…

Prior to 1930, the area of the United States between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains (Great Plains) was lush with natural prairieland vegetation and abundant rainfall. It was these characteristics which made it seem ideal for westward development across the United States. However, during the 1930’s, the Great Plains endured a nine year period of severe droughts which lead to intense dust storms which killed crops, livestock and people. This time period has been consequently been…

Opus 40: Telling an American History America is a country that is gifted with many different artists who specialized in many different fields. All these artists have one thing in common, and that is that you can always relate their piece of work back to the American Story or an American experience. Harvey Fite is no different. During his lifetime Harvey Fite work on a single gigantic project. He called his masterpiece “Opus 40”. The name comes from the Latin word Opus which means…

“I Remember the Thirties” The author says the decade had "a beginning, middle and end." His essay also has this structure. Briefly describe these three sections in Steinbeck's essay. In the first section, or the beginning, of the essay, the author discussed the way of life of a person in the lower class. He says that people of the lower class do not have a much different way of life than people of the upper-class. The author tells how all people greatly suffered during the Great Depression. In…