Great Depression Sociology

The Great Depression was more than just that of money. It begins with the fall of Wall Street, the down fall put the country into a deep hole. With the veterans asking for their bonus that they were promised. They could no long feed their family, and President Hoover deny their bonus. People becoming frustrated and resorted to violence. People rush to withdraw their money from banks, scared to not have enough money to feed their family. Banks started closing day after day, approximately 300 closed during depression. In a puff, those who have money in those closed banks, now have nothing. There was a person who had save up for 40 years, ended up with nothing and with no money he fell into depression and hanged himself. Many have lost their money
in banks, and other lost their homes and personal belonging. The effects of this in the political aspect is the rise of communist, it was a way of help for those who have lost everything, which in this case is the majority of the US population.
This depression destroy the social life of those effected by the Great Depression, they were afraid of one another due to the fear of losing even more than they already have. However, after a while into the depression, they started enjoying the life in theaters or listening to the
radio. The theater and radio was an outlet, but after it was over, they would have to reenter into reality. The Dust Bowl happened during the depression, and many farmer lost their farm house to the inhabitable lands of dust. People began to leave their home town to find an opportunity anywhere, but those outsider weren’t welcome and were even jailed. The names of these people are called the wild boys of the road, and President Hoover fear that they were going to form a revolution.
Crowd of protestor formed, but received nothing but violence. People started moving out of the US, in hopes of finding a better opportunity outside of the US. However, those people didn’t leave the depression in the US, they took the issues with them into the new places they occupy. This started the depression in Germany, which ignited a form of government to rise. Nazism, it has started, and Adolf Hitler was the man commanding and ordering so that Germany could escape their depression. As the new election in the US started, President Hoover decided to run for the position again, yet President Roosevelt was the opposing candidate. President Roosevelt began his New Deal after win the election. President Roosevelt funded the banks out of bankrupt, this was the first step into having money flow. The next step that Roosevelt did was creating jobs for people. Roosevelt created social welfare for the poor and created more work projects, this is called the second 100 days. This entire video of The Century: America’s Time – 1929 – 1936: Stormy Weather, was about the Great Depression and how the government’s role pulled the US out of
depression.