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Never Give Up On Your Goal The final school bell rang. I just got done with gym and walked into the locker room to put on my Hillsborough High School soccer jersey. This was just one game in my freshman season and was expected to be like any other. We were expected to win as our record proved that we were a strong and athletic team. I am ready for the game with my soccer bag packed with my gatorade and training gear. My other teammates begin to fill in the locker room preparing for the game…

Kit Kittredge seemed to live a good life with both of her parents, her brother Charlie, and her best friend Ruthie. Kit lives in the time during the Great Depression. The story talks about how her father, like many other men, lost their jobs. In our text, it states that some men had to travel to other cities hoping to find work, just like what Mrs. Kittredge’s friend Mrs. Howard 's’ husband had to do to keep their family fed. In the story, Mrs. Kittredge comes up with the idea of taking in…

Diary Entry 4: The night had just started to darken; the stars that were coming up as though they were individual beacons of hope that kept people going to see another day. Everyone was scattered around in their makeshift houses; we had been living in a cardboard box for a while now just like everyone around us. As I looked down I could see my ribs sticking out, the piece of an apple I ate to today did not satisfy my hunger; albeit it was the first food I had in three days. The lack of food was…

On October 29, 1929, the stock market crashed, as did the United States economy. It triggered one of the most severe economic depressions in American history, called the Great Depression. During this period, America faced major economic, social, and political changes, one being the change in office. In 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected President of the United States of America and one of the first things he did during his presidency installed the New Deal. The New Deal was a collection of…

During the great depression many people suffered from loss of stocks, therefore adversely affecting their jobs, families and lives for many years to come. Today, many people still face hard times through loss of stocks and jobs. Although times now are different than during the Great Depression, there are many factors that contribute to the tribulations of this day. The Great Depression caused many people to struggle for a long time. Today, many people struggle because of changes in stocks,…

The time between 1929 and the 1960’s were a time Americans took control of what the “good life” would include for them. The variety of people like Mexican Americans and feminists took action in getting equal rights for themselves. This was also a time when economy in America was at its weakest point during the Great Depression. The “good life” idea goes all the way back to the famous phrase from the Declaration of Independence, “The right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.” This…

According to the article “The Great Depression Brings Economic Crisis” from the book Great Events, The Stock Market Crash of 1929 caused one of the largest economic depressions in the history of the United States causing many American families to lose nearly all of their money. When this occurred, the United States government did very little to help the citizens of the United States leaving families and the working class to fight for their survival. The Stock Market Crash of 1929 changed the…

Great Depression The events that happened before the Great Depression people would never have thought that we would be in such great desperation. Things were going really well, we had cars, tall buildings and good paying jobs. The assembly line was invented and everything was great cars were being made in under two hours. Also women were taken seriously and jobs wanted them to help. People were equal and no one was treated different. Everything was going well, until the stock market crash of…

As a young boy, I always loved to play sports, going outside with my father either kicking a football, throwing a tennis ball, or shooting some hoops. Sport for me is a way to express myself. At the age of 4 I learnt how to ride a bike, taught by my sister in a caravan park named “Cairns Coconut” In our family of five, I have an identical twin named Matthew and a Sister named Sarah. A place which sticks in our family’s heart is Port Elliot Caravan Park. I have been going to there for 15 years,…

The 1930’s were a period riddled by economic depression, dubbed the “Great Depression”, the economic mishaps of the 1930’s leaked out into affecting every facet of society, even the pop culture. The troublesome economics of the 30’s were overlooked by pop culture, as it deliberately used exaggerations and optimism to distract people from the reality of recession; while pop culture candidly documented political America in the 30’s, in which people were in search of a political hero. Bridled by…