The Great Depression had a huge impact on american life. The Great Depression was a huge downturn for the people in America at this moment. It had an unexpected downturn in the American society. The Great Depression impacted most people at this moment. People who were affected by the aspects of society (home life, leisure time, economy, and role of government) were Women, Mexican Americans, African Americans, Farmers, Business Owners/Industrialists, and Bankers/Stockbrokers.The most effective were women,Mexican Americans,African Americans,farmers, and the business owners/industrialists. The Great Depression had a horrible impact on the life of the people in America.
Desperate Needs of Jobs
The Great Depression had an impact on the home life for Americans. In the 1920s there was two groups of people. The traditionalists and modernists. Traditionalists lived in rural areas. The rural area where on the countryside where there was many farms. Modernists on the other hand live in urban areas. The urban areas was where everything was fast paced. Rural areas kept old and Urban areas kept it new. In the 1930s the unemployment rate reached to 25 percent which caused severe poverty. Many people would sell their homes, cars, and belongings just to get money. People would visit soup kitchens to get free meals. City dwellers made money by selling pencils or apples. When people sold their homes they had to move into Hoovervilles. The living condition in Hoovervilles were harsh. The rate of divorce was the same, but the rates of abandonment increased. Husbands ran away from marriages and homes.
Desperate need of food
Birth rates fell sharply. Children suffered from health issues due to lack of food and unsanitary living conditions. Wealthy were not affected. The dust bowl made many people move from the Great Plains to California. Something that stayed the same is the divorce rate. Something's that were changed is that many people move to California from the Great Plains, the unemployment rate, and the birth rates. The living conditions were worse and everybody started to sell everything.
Desperate need of money
The Great Depression had an impact on the home life especially for Women and Mexican Americans. In the 1920s women had to stay at home because people thought that women belonged in home. Women were not allowed to have a job that men because that would be “stealing” a man's job. In the 1930s women saw their roles in the household enhanced. The women who were divorced had jobs that men did not do. If women did have jobs that men had they would either get payed off or have their wages cut. Some things stayed the same during the Great Depression like if you were married you did not have a job and if you aren't married then you have a job.
The Great Migration
In 1930s Mexican Americans were hit really hard from the Great Depression. Mexican Americans got deported out of the country. Mexicans were offered free trips to go back on a train. Some Mexicans were tricked on getting kicked out. The FSA camps helped out the Mexican Americans. U.S. citizens got deported because they looked suspicious of being a Mexican. Some things that were different during the Great Depression was that the Mexicans got deported and the FSA helped Mexican Americans.
Sport events
The Great Depression had an impact on leisure time for Americans. In the 1920s people were enjoying life as long as they can.People danced at clubs, listened to jazz, and speakeasies were very popular.People attended to sport events, movies, and went on Sunday drives. When the stock market crashes they lost everything, they could not enjoy anything. In the 1930s Americans felt a strong need to use cinema. Some movies help Americans escape from their problems and some didn’t.
Relaxation at the cinema
People would used radios for a bunch of things like music, comedies, and dramas for free. People also gathered and danced their troubles away. Something that stays the same is that they still listened to music. Some things that changed is the use of the radio, there's less clubs, and now they start to watch movies.
Music is the new medicene
The Great Depression had an impact on leisure time especially for Women and African Americans. In the 1920s women would dance as flappers all the time. Women would rebel against traditional beliefs. Women would go out on more dates. Women would also push for equality/ equal rights. In the 1930s women cooked and cleaned at houses. Women had more time to spend with her family. Women would listen to the radio and go out to the cinema. Some things that stayed the same during the Great Depression are that women pushed for equality, they had tons of entertainment, the family, and the cooking. Some things that are different are that they aren't in the workplace anymore and they now have to clean houses daily. In the 1920s African Americans got new chances from the Harlem Renaissance.
Sadness spreads
African Americans would sing,dance,write, and do visual arts on their free time. They would also celebrate, act, and write/publish books. In the 1930s African Americans escaped their struggles with jazz. African Americans got closer to equality. Some things that stayed the same during the Great Depression for African Americans were that jazz was very popular, they came close to equality, and everyone was on their own. Some things that were different during the Great Depression is that equality was far from them, they had less time to things, and the ones that lived in the South had rough lives.
The booming economy
The Great Depression had an impact on the economy for Americans. In the 1920s the economy in rural america was in distress. The manufacturing businesses flourished. Industrial economy and the stock market boomed. Consumerism drove up the demand for products. Industry met the demand by producing goods at an unprecedented rate. Everyone invested in the stock market. Everybody trusted the stock market. When the stock prices began to fall then the stock market crashed. The stock market crash ended the booming years of the 1920s.In the 1930s, after the crash, many businesses started to close or lay off workers. Most families did not have enough money to buy food. The demand for manufactured goods got declined.
Women fight for rights
Factories and stores shut down so workers lost their jobs. By 1933 nearly million Americans were unemployed. The agricultural economy continued to suffer as the demand for farm products continued to drop. FDR came up with the “New Deal” which had three goals. His three goals were: provide relief, promote economic recovery, and to reform the system to prevent future depressions. Something's that changed is that the New Deal from FDR, the crash occurred,the economy got worse, and many people were unemployed.
Factories and stores shut down
The Great Depression had an impact on the economy especially for the Farmers and Women.In the 1920s farmers were suffering from a decrease in demand for farm products, high costs and dropping prices. Farmers lost their homes due to foreclosure. In the 1930s prices went even lower and most farmers lost their farms. Farmers could produce much of their own food while the city residents could not. They got money from the Federal Government if they stopped growing too much plants which most did. Some things that did stay the same throughout the Great Depression is that the Federal Government helped the farmers and the prices were changing. In the 1920s women stayed home because people thought they did not belong in the workplace.