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 In what ways did people have to change their lifestyles during the Great Depression?

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 In what ways did people have to change their lifestyles during the Great Depression?

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The Great Depression affected the whole country and the lives of the people in it. Many of the individuals lost their jobs, which resulted in a radical adjustment of living. Some citizens, “In the Depression, the men could not get jobs, and especially the black men," Bridgeforth says” (Great Depression 2008). If the men couldn't get a job this would then lead to poverty and an increase of homeless people out on the streets. Although, the ones lucky enough to get a job, would the majority of the time be white men. Most companies don't hire black people at the time  due to the fact that they all had low professions anyway, so if companies were looking to make budget cuts, African Americans would be the first to get fired, and sadly, they would also be hired last if there were any jobs available.

Some middle class families managed to keep their houses by trying to keep every dollar they had. The lower class families had nothing, they were homeless and chewing on their own hands when they felt hungry, causing some people to actually cutting themselves when they bite. The upper class families on the other hand weren’t as affected by this economic down spiral. In fact, “Rich grew richer at the expense of others” (Everyday Life, 2009). By the rich becoming richer, they didn’t have as big of a problem as the other two classes of families. At most, the upper class would have to sacrifice a few bucks of cash to the government, but that was it, most of the time. Not many wealthy people became poor after this event.

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What were the causes and effects of the Great Depression? 

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What were the causes and effects of the Great Depression? 

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The Great Depression was the one of the worst economic significant event that happened throughout history. As written by many of the journalist, "The stock market crash of 1929 touched off a chain of events that plunged the United States into its longest, deepest economic crisis of its history" (The Great).There were multiple causes on how the Great Depression started, but the main reason was how the stock market crashed. One newspaper stated, "It began after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors... Millions of shares ended up worthless, and those investors who had bought stocks 'on margin' (with borrowed money) were wiped out completely" (Depression History 2009). In continuation, many of the investors during this time had paid for multiple amounts of stocks, most of the stocks cost a great quantity of money; with the stock crashing, investors lost all wealth. After the crash, the stocks ended up becoming not worth any money and this equaled the lost amount of investors. To add on, not only did investors loose their money, but employees from all over lost their jobs too. In the 1930s, many people could not afford many items, one of the articles announce, "... consumer spending and investment dropped, causing steep declines in industrial output and employment as failing companies laid off workers. By 1933, when the Great Depression reached its lowest point, some 15 million Americans were unemployed" (Depression History 2009). With this, unemployment meant that many of the families had to save their money in order to buy food to provide for each other, and because of this, people who owned shop also were not making enough money for themselves either.
Not only were many of the society loosing money, but they also many of these people during the time were in debt, they constantly loaned money to the bank; until, finally the bank started to shut down and the amount of money they gave out was not being paid back. One of the journalist wrote, "...the agricultural sector of the economy was struggling due to drought and falling food prices and banks had an excess of large loans that could not be liquidated" (Depression History 2009).This meant that because there was no money to be spent, there was no food to be bought. To continue, if there no food was purchased, that meant that farmers would not be making enough money to survive. With many of these factors in mind, the Great Depression was the harshest moments in time that caused many people to have to change their lifestyles.

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Throughout the amount of hardships and suffering because of the unemployment and stock crash, two leaders discovered a way to end the Great Depression, finally. President Truman was one of the leaders that found a way to help people find a job and be able to get back to work. One of the authors wrote, "Truman gave major speeches showcasing a full employment bill—with jobs... He also endorsed a national health care program and a federal housing program" (Burton 2010). After many of the men and women went to the war to earn money for their family, Truman introduces his new idea of giving people jobs and a place for many people to live. Adding on, with the help of this new plan, many people would have the ability to get new jobs and earn money to support themselves and their family too.
Truman was not the only president to help with the Great Depression, but Roosevelt was also one of the main leaders that helped with this traumatic period. Starting a new program for jobs, create new rules, and support agriculture were some of the many plans that Roosevelt decided to accomplish. All of these agreements came from the main ideas, the New Deal. One of the author indicates, "...it included union protection programs, the Social Security Act, and programs to aid tenant farmers and migrant workers" (President Franklin). The New Deal cooperated with many of the citizens and created a new way of being employed for jobs, helping farmers get their money, and more. In addition, without this act, many people would suffer for decades trying to find food, and struggling to get a job to help their family.