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    1932. This was a time of economic failure‚ unemployment‚ cuts in production‚ and less spending. The movie that I watched‚ “Annie” is about an orphan that as volunteered to spend Christmas with one of the wealthiest man in America at the time of the 1930s’ and finally she gets adopt. So this movie talks about the view points from the wealthy community‚ also the poor community‚ and how the Great Depression affected both the poor and rich communities. When you look at the poor in the community you can

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    and upper class citizens still had a yearning‚ to an extent‚ for the governmental administration to some how end the depression which the masses where suffering through. The relief camps which where run by the Canadian federal government during the 1930’s in no way served to better the fallen economical state so much as it served to further depresses the human sprit. They where treated as cheap labor instead of citizens who where willing to work and had farming skills. "…We where shit. Dirt. Slaves…what

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    it hard. But in spite of the drop postwar production remained high due to increasing merchandise of farm equipment and methods. However‚ failing to sell off crop surpluses and pay banks and other institutions created more problems. Through the mid 1930s farmers faced additional problems and looked for the governments help. Dust storms and droughts hit hard through the Great Plains and the high plains‚ regions of Texas‚ Oklahoma‚

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    The Mexican Repatriation in Education In the 1930’s a large economic crisis struck America as the stock market crash. The stock market crash threw the world into a depression‚ but it largely impacted America and Germany the most. The people during that time called it the Great Depression‚ and has been known as such ever since. During the Great Depression‚ millions of people lost their jobs‚ causing emotions of shame‚ guilt‚ and anger especially among the white male community. The minority groups

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    methods for the production of agricultural products which had caused them to pay a lot of money for the initial installation process‚ which can be said to a direct effect of the Capitalistic society. This mainly led the farmers to go in debt as they brought these things either through instalments/ credit and with the low price of commodities and over production of goods eventually led to the instability in the agricultural sector. By 1925‚ the growth of car manufacturing slowed down‚ along with residential

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    In the 1930’s a huge drought caused many difficulties to farmers across the United States especially in Texas‚ Kansas‚ Colorado‚ and New Mexico. During this time land had dried up because of very little rainfall. With less moisture in the soil‚ high winds in the plains caused dust storms. The series of dust storms was later called the Dust Bowl. Living conditions in this area of the United States were very poor‚ causing people to move westward bound. Frank Manies was one of those people. Now a retired

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    failed to recover to pre-Dust Bowl levels. In highly eroded areas‚ less than 25% of the original agricultural losses were recovered. The economy adjusted predominantly through large relative population declines in more-eroded counties‚ both during the 1930s and through the 1950s. The economic effects persisted‚ in part‚ because of farmers’ failure to switch to more appropriate crops for highly eroded areas. Because the amount of topsoil had been reduced‚ it would have been more productive to shift from

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    May 5‚ 2012 Outline “I Stand Here Ironing” A. Plot: The story begins with a woman ironing her daughters dress. It causes her to recount the life she as provided for her daughter Emily. As she considers her actions she wishes that she had done some things differently. Unfortunately‚ the depression era had left her with very few choices if any at all. So to survive and provide for her children the mother‚ abandoned by her husband‚ had unintentionally‚ not protected nor not made the best

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    with his friends‚ too. During a typical day he would go to school‚ do his work around the house‚ then go play outside with his friends. He went to a very small high school with a total of about 100 students. I asked him about schools during the 1930s and if they were greatly affected by the Depression. He said he doesn’t remember the schools themselves being affected much by the Depression‚ except for there was sometimes a shortage of typewriters because of the obvious lack of money. He said they

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    movies‚ and many went more than once‚ each week. Little Shirley Temple gave hope for Americans for a better tomorrow‚ she played roles that righted the wrongs of the world in her many films. Americans also loved sports during the Great Depression. In 1930‚ More than 10 million people went to see major-league baseball games. American turned to sports and athletes to distract and inspire them‚ like Joe Louis‚ a heavy weight boxer‚ who became a hero who symbolized honesty and fair play to many of his fans

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