Effects of the Great Depression

The Effects of the Great Depression The Great Depression was a horrible event that took place almost 100 years ago. It was a time in our society when people had no money and no food. Everyone was losing their jobs because the companies couldn’t afford to pay them and stay in business at the same time. After the Stock Market crashed and the economy went downhill, a lot of changes were made within the government to make sure that nothing like this would ever happen again. This period in time was a sad period, but there were a lot of good things that happened and took place because of it. In order to really understand all the effects that happened after the Great Depression, you truly needed to live during the time period, but we can’t do that. The Great Depression brought the worst out of several million Americans. The crime rate sky rocketed, as millions of Americans started to lose their jobs and became unemployed. People had to steal from others just to put food on the table for their families. Also, besides the crime rates going up, the suicide rates rose along with prostitution rates. Many Americans didn’t want to go through this sad and depressing time, so they took the easy way out of things and committed suicide. While women who were jobless needed money to support their family, they would look towards prostitution. It was an easy way of making money, in which men would pay them for pleasure. Not only did those things take place, but also alcoholism increased in America. Several Americans were looking for the easy way out, in which they would forget what was happening in the economy and in their lives. The effect of the Great Depression on the lives of American citizens was very dramatic. Millions of Americans became homeless during this time, in which they had nowhere to go. Throughout the United States, Americans created towns called Hoovervilles. Hoovervilles was a catch phrase that meant shanty towns. So Americans had to improvise with