Works Progress Administration

In the 1920s Americans were in the decade of prosperity and confidence. Towards the end of the 20’s was the start of the great depression that greatly affected everyone. That included business,government,economics,and many more. The groups that were changed drastically from the 1920s to the 1930s was the economy, women and african americans due to the great depression. The 1920s were the golden ages for the economy ,but after in the 1930s the economy faced a difficult struggle and government…

The Great Depression is the most well-known and greatest economic disasters in not only American history, but also in the entire world. It brought widespread recession with the places hit hardest were ones with the most industrialization. Out of the Great Depression came the New Deal for the United States, a promise from FRD to solve this economic crisis. The importance of the New Deal is still evident as it increased the power of the federal government, began protection of people from…

All of these tragedies happening made people migrate across the country looking for work and new opportunities, which caused mass migration. The Great Depression made it hard on families, especially if you had a family with children. For example, a boy from Illinois sent a letter to the president talking about his home life, like how his father was always crying everyday, and how his older brother hasn’t gone to work in two weeks because they can’t afford anything. That family hadn’t paid rent…

vvThe book Of Mice & Men written by John Steinbeck was published a couple of years after the end of The Great Depression. During The Great Depression Era social responsibility was important because people were losing their jobs, houses, and healthcare. Social responsibility means helping individuals and obligation to act for the benefit of society at large. In the book there are two main characters named George and Lennie. George knew Lennie through Lennie’s Aunt Clara and when she past away he…

such as national parks, so he established the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)8. With the CCC, this is was a way to help preserve the environment such as national parks. This environmental issue in the end, although ended in 1941, was able to provide work for the unemployed who were able to get paid thirty dollars monthly after the program ended. In this case, this was not a matter of identifying a problem then resolving it, but an issue that he wanted so he made it happen hoping it would…

kids that wanted money from their parents. The parents were unable to give the kids money since the entire family had no money. Based on Document 1, a young kid was able to work to get paid. This made the kid work for their money to support the family and him/her. The New Deal made it possible to have anyone able to work, to get paid and support their own needs and their family. The more money the family was able to get from anyone, made it possible to support each other and get a better…

theater ticket. The Federal Theater Project not only made theater available to all, regardless of economic status, but also employees over 10,000 artists suffering from the Great Depression. The Federal Theater Project was one of the many Works Projects Administration programs established by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in response to the Great Depression. These programs were an attempt to employee workers who were relying on Federal relief subsequent to the Stock Market…

The Great Depression was a period of time between 1929 and the late 30’s in which unemployment rates skyrocketed and America’s economy was hanging on by a thread due to multiple triggers one of which was the stock market crash. The two long-term causes of the Depression were the decline in industry growth and the overproduction of crops. Industry decline was one of the main factors that contributed to the Depression because former consumers no longer had the means to pay for goods or services…

His famous quote from Inauguration Day – “Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself”- instilled confidence and hope back into the nation. Roosevelt had four main priorities and they were to get Americans back to work, protect their savings and prosperity, provide relief for the sick and elderly and get industry and agriculture back on their feet. Roosevelt declared a national “bank holiday” the day after his Inauguration. He closed all banks and called in…

Big baseball leagues, only hired white players . On the other hand, blacks were shunted to the Negro Leagues.They were called Semipros (all black baseball teams). The sports didn't believe it necessary to force white athletes to work with, black players in sports. However, racial boundaries were broken, when Jesse Owens won the gold medal for the USA in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Gender boundaries were also broken, as many more women became deeply involved in sports during the 30s…