The Great Depression

What It Was Like For The People of America

Mitchell Fralick Kent Colins Klavik English 1102-009

The Roaring 20’s

• Changing from a Wartime to a Peacetime Economy

• Early 1920’s Economy Stalled

• America became the richest nation in the world by mid the 1920’s

• Technology played a major role in the new economy

• Prohibition and bootlegging

20’s Dance Party

Family Life • Many families lived together in

1 room shacks, caves or even sewer pipes

• Families survived off of wild weeds, buying leftover food and home grown food

• Marriage and divorce rate was down

• High desertion rate • Birth rate below replacement

rate• Displaced children roamed the

country

Bud Fields and his family. Alabama. 1935 or 1936- Walker Evans

Lange, Migrant Mother

Labor of the Great Depression

• One in Four people were unemployed

• Women became the breadwinners because they cold be paid lower wages

• Children were hired because their small size and lower wages

• Injuries were very common place

Grocery Store Clerk

The Dust Bowl 1930-1939

• Drought hit Eastern US in 1930, and by 1934 the Great Plains was turned into a desert

• Affected 500 million acres(500 miles*300miles)

• Drought and poor agriculture practices

• Thousands fled to California for work but many stayed in the region

June 4 1937, at Goodwell, Oklahoma, LoveA black blizzard over Prowers Co., Colorado, 1937.

"Fleeing a dust storm, Rothstein

Abandoned Farm

Pearl HarborDecember 7, 1941• Attacked by the Japanese Imperial

Headquarters• Over 2000 American Soldiers Killed• Numerous Navel Boats Destroyed

and Damaged• Hundreds of Aircraft Destroyed • Congress votes to enter WWII

The Gettysburg Times (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)

• Symbol of American women’s contribution during WWII• Female empowerment • Over 6 million women entered the workforce during WWII

Rosie the Riveter(Miller)

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Job Rejection Letter

November 1, 1929John Doe1234 Front St, New York, NY

Dear John Doe,

As you know we have received many applications and interviewed a number of candidates for the Branch Manager position, and we have determined that we are no longer seeking an individual to fill the position. We are closing the location down due to the sudden down turn in the economy.

The purpose of this letter is to inform you that you have not been selected for the position and to thank you for your time. You are a very qualified candidate and would look forward to you applying to jobs in the future.

We wish you every personal and professional success with your job search and in the future.Regards,First Nation Bank