Have you ever wondered about the great depression? Or how they lived through it? The great depression started in the 1930’s. It lasted for nearly ten years. “The great depression put millions of people out of work.” It seared itself into memory of those who lived through it. 1930 was a work here and a work there. “No income meant they had to cut back on everything possible.” They kept their regular payments on two metropolitan life insurance policies. They had to stop ice and milk delivery also
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The fast life of the 1920’s had caught up to time; the Stock Market Crash of October 1929 occurred bringing down the entire economy with it. The Great Depression began the 1930’s bringing a new state of economic turmoil and tribulations for its people. Unemployment‚ lost savings‚ housing evictions‚ and starvation flooded the nation; however for Asian
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The Hobo Life in the 1930’s Imagine a time where there were no jobs‚ and the ones that were available weren’t paying enough to help anyone survive. Kids roamed the streets and little cardboard shackle houses were where most of the population lived‚ it was dangerous and unclean. Then there were the people who would jump aboard a train to seek work in other towns‚ or just go to see the world. There were approximately 2 million men‚ 8‚000 women (Ganzel)‚ and 250‚000 teens (“Riding the Rails” Encyclopedia
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History of the Radio in the 1930’s In the 1930’s the United States endured one of the most difficult economic times in the history of our country. This horrible crisis was called The Great Depression. The Great Depression‚ which began in 1929‚ was an era never to be forgotten. The Great Depression‚ though challenging with many hardships‚ in a way brought America closer together. It caused people to show what they really were made of and highlighted their true character. Americans worked
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they’re unique personality. Customization is also called modification . In the 1920’s custom cars were mostly for the wealthy people who had enough to afford these kinds of things. Later in the 1930’s the grandfather of customizing cars was known as Harry Westergard. Westergard created fade away fenders before they existed on a factory model ("A Visual History Of Car Customization.") . Skipping ahead to the 1950’s‚ the first batmobile was created out of a
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the 1920’s‚ the dirty 30’s were truly a disaster. In the 1930’s there a big depression which was called the Great Depression. It was a very hard time for Americans because‚ they were losing everything and had nowhere to go. No one had anywhere to turn and this caused so much commotion and issues in America. Day by day things just got worse instead of better. Everyone hit rock bottom. Americans lost their houses and would go to bed hungry at night. Americans were impacted by the 1930’s because they
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During the time period of the 1890s up until the 1930s Americans experienced change like never before. This new era was different from the traditional American lifestyle in every way‚ it was much more modern and much less conservative than previous generations. Within the adaptation of this era and its indulgences‚ Americans gained new senses of personal freedom and the sexual revolution rose into full effect. Some of the main driving forces behind this new modern era would of course be the changes
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In 1917‚ the National Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy (NSPOT) was founded and it succeeded through the 1920’s and 1930’s. During this time that occupational therapy became more closely aligned with organized medicine‚ which is what created a ’scientific approach’ to this field. In the 1940s to the 1960s there was a surge in ots as a result of the world war and it
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People with autism were treated differently and handled differently back in the 1930’s than what we see today. Medical professions had different types of treatments and have more signs to tell whether or not they have autism. Disabilities were just starting to be recognized in the 1930’s‚ and the Asperger’s syndrome and autism are classified as the same diagnosis. Autism is a mental state that can be identified early is a person’s childhood. It could last life long‚ or it could be helped by a matter
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In an article named “The american dream” it states about how a book written in 1931 stated that how the ways of the American dream in the 1930’s was “the dream was to have land where life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone with opportunity for each according to ability‚ or achievement” (library of congress‚p.1‚s.1) A little bit about our history of the American dream is that‚ our founding fathers started a revolutionary idea that each person should be able to pursue their idea
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