The Importance Of Values During The Great Depression

The Great Depression was a terrible time, and there is not much doubt about that, but that does not mean the people who lived through it were nothing but negative. The people who suffered through this terribly long tragedy did not have much to be hopeful for, jobs were nearly unavailable, people lost homes and money and went without food. So, what is there to learn from this horrible time in history?

Before we talk about what the country as a whole learned, referring mostly to people in power, we must first discuss what the citizens learned. What about values? Through the great depression, people learned to cherish things other than money. They cherished their country, their health, and their pasts and futures. As Roosevelt said: "Compared with the perils which our forefathers conquered because they believed and were not afraid, we have still much to be thankful for.". They learned that they should base their values on things besides money and that money should be the center of
People in power learned that we cannot only rely on money because money is not always there. We need backup plans and different sources, we are still currently in debt, and not a small debt, and through the depression, we realized the importance of not relying on 'buying our problems away'. They learned that money is important to focus on, but not having it to spend, having it to keep and fall back on.

Speaking of values and things to fall back on, what did they learn about work? It's known that during the depression, there weren't many jobs, and there wasn't much money to gain from them. People learned to value work and the skill that comes out of it. They learned to value their time and the way they spent it. Young people no longer were tired of working, they sought out work, they wanted to help their families, they wanted to help each other, not