Social Mobility During The Great Depression

Social mobility during the Great Depression was extremely rigid. This means whatever class you were born in was the class you would stay in throughout your entire life. Some people saw this as a positive thing, mainly the upper class, but most people were devastated by this fact. Growing up, most people have dreams of being something bigger and better than their parents ever were. They want to make it big time, if their parents worked as a farmer or in a corner store for example, they would dream of something like owning their own farm or corner store. But facing the harsh reality of the Great Depression was that this almost never happens. This is all caused by society. The upper class are able to exploit their employees and make them work