The Accessibility Of Food During The Great Depression

The America in the 1930s was drastically different from the luxurious 1920s. The stock market had crashed to an all time low, unemployment was the highest the country had ever seen, and all American citizens were affected by it in some way or another. Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal was effective in addressing the issues of The Great Depression in the sense that it provided immediate relief to US citizens by lowering unemployment, increasing trust in the banks, getting Americans out of debt, and preventing future economic crisis from taking place through reform. Despite these efforts The New Deal failed to end the depression. In order for America to get out of this economic

The Great Depression was a period of economic turmoil in the United States that lasted from 1929 until the end of World War II. The Great Depression reflected the economic crisis of the Stock Market’s sudden crash despite America’s economic steadiness for nearly a decade during the Roaring Twenties. Two long term causes of the Great Depression were the poor management and infrastructure of the banks and the overall production of agriculture. Farms prior to the Great Depression over produced during World War I in order to feed European nations, armies, and that overall process costed money. Corn and wheat were popular at the time for mass production which led to an increase of farmers taking out loans in order to expand the land. As more crops

Historians argue what caused the Great Depression, some say it was due to the stock market, others say it may be the war debt or overproduction. To believe the Great Depression was caused by only one event is naive. It was caused by a multitude of problems that the government failed to fix.

‘The hardships of the Great Depression in Australia were not shared equally.’ (Anderson et. al.,2012)

The Great Depression 1929-1942 was the economic downturn. On October 29, 1929 the stock market crashed wiping out millions out of work. The economic slowed down and then it shrinked in size. It then progressed to a recession and then to a panic. This progressed over the years and a series of bad decisions to slow down the economy into depression. Which then led to WWII.

The Great Depression has to one of the most “Depressing” time that America has ever been through thus far. I say that because that specific event hit directly at home and pretty much everyone was affected. At the end of this event many changes in organization of government and relief/recovery efforts for unemployed people. President Roosevelt sought out to help this people, creating new organizations made specifically for a certain help. Under his rule the entire government had went through a type of renovation through his efforts.

During the 1920s the American people led themselves to their economic demise. In America, the Great Depression occurred during the 1930s after the crash of the stock market. “The Roaring Twenties”, which occurred before the Great Depression, was a time when the assembly line created more jobs and money to be used. This new economic prosperity, brought about the stock market, in which hundreds of Americans put in their money in hopes of their company making profits. The Great Depression was caused by stockholders using more money then they could pay back, workers using the non-shameful credit to buy products, which led Americans into debt, and the lack of demand, when there was an increase in supplies.

The Great Depression was a devastating time for many Americans. From 1929 to 1932, the US experienced an economic downturn that was calamitous to the lives of many people. Millions upon millions of Americans lost everything when the stock market crashed on October 29, 1929. After exiting an era that left people living a life of luxury, the stock market crash came as a surprise. As a result of the stock market crash, many became unemployed and many families were being forced to close their businesses. Although there were many factors that contributed to the cause of the Great Depression, the three main causes were The Stock Market Crash of 1929, high unemployment, a decrease in consumer purchases due to being “stuffed with stuff” during the roaring twenties.

“At one point in the Depression, the cupboard was literally bearing of money.” What effect did the Great Depression have on the people who lived through it? The jobs they had, how they had to use their money, and the help they had to get.

President Hoover believed that the primary cause of the Great Depression was World War One because of debts and reparations it created. Under the Versailles Treaty, Germany was liable to pay $33 million in reparations to France and Britain. To pay the money, Germany had to borrow money from American banks. Similarly, France and Britain also owed America $10 million, some of which they paid back with German reparations. Then, credit in America dried up and the economies of France and Britain also failed.

The Great Depression time period took place between the years 1929 and 1939 and it affected millions of Americans through all its time. Several people like Herbert Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt, and Dorothea Lange served an impact during this time. The stock crash of this time period left a decade of consequences for the lives of many Americans. The economic plumet of the 1930’s can also be related to our economic standings today.

In America, the years 1929 through 1941 were not necessarily the brightest years the country has seen, but certainly should not be forgotten, and here’s why: during the Great Depression, one may say the true colors of the nation, showed through. As people lost money and unemployment rates skyrocketed (seen in document 1), companies were picky as who to hire, usually hiring the average white male over any other minority (women included). On the other hand, however, many people came together as a community and helped restore America to its former glory.

During the Depression, society did without anything that they really didn’t need, to save money. Many, would go without gasoline, a water bill, sewer bill, telephone bill and no bank account. They would go without toothpaste and instead use something like baking soda and instead of toilet paper they would use any type of catalog or newspaper. But that is only the start of all that they did to bring enough money in. Robert J. Hastings was someone who went through the Great Depression.

There are many beliefs and reasons why the Great Depression happened and when did it occur. Overall the strongest belief of what caused the Great Depression was the crash of the stock market. Along with the the crash of the stock market other reasons of why the Great Depression happened were suggested to do overproduction, buying installments, and purchasing stocks.

The Great Depression of 1929 was a horrible time where American and its people had to suffer from poverty and hunger. The reasons for the Depression as stated on page 4, were “...a number of serious weaknesses in the economy.” examples such as people borrowing money they could not give back, wealthy making more money, and even the cost of WW1 cause problems. These all lead up to the U.S. stock market crash of 1929, were “thousands of investors were ruined and confidence in the economy was destroyed. ”(page 4)