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Impact of the Great Depression on the Arts

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Impact of the Great Depression on the Arts

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The New Deal employed artists, musicians, actors, and writers for projects designed to create jobs. Leaders wanted to provide work relief, but also hoped to sponsor regional talent and encourage the growth of a national artistic culture. The Federal Art, Federal Theatre, Federal Writers’, and Federal Music Projects promoted publicly accessible arts. New ideas about the social responsibilities of artists and new styles were part of this aesthetic transformation

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Roosevelt’s New Deal programs and policies did more than just help the economy, they created a brand-new political coalition that included white working people and left-wing African Americans. These people shared the belief that an interventionist government was good for families, the economy, and the nation. Many of the New Deal programs that bound this group together such as Social Security, unemployment insurance, and federal agricultural subsidies, which still exist in the US today.

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The New Deal had a formal policy against hiring women. Many job programs created by the new deal forced women into housekeeping roles. The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) women taught household skills. Women were often employed as housekeepers to families in need. The housekeeping aides project adhered to traditional racial and gendered stereotypes, as most of its employees were African-American women. Furthermore federal agencies paid women much less than men or gave preferences to male job seekers over female ones.

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Impact of the Great Depression on African Americans 

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Impact of the Great Depression on African Americans 

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In addition to being impacted economically, the great depression affected African American's political tendencies. Prior to the Great Depression, most African Americans voted for representatives in the Republican Party. However, the presidential election of 1932 was different because many African Americans began to switch their political allegiance to the Democratic Party in favor of President Roosevelt. About 70% of African Americans voted for President Roosevelt due to his ideas with The New Deal.

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During the Great Depression, Canadian Prime Minister R. B. Bennett’ initially opposed increases in federal spending and expansion of social welfare because he believed that free enterprise and tariffs would protect Canadian industry. However, neither Bennett’s policies had the desired effect on the Great Depression.

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Latin America during the Great Depression: Cuba

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Latin America during the Great Depression: Cuba

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The Great Depression hits Cuba hard. Because the Cuban economy mainly depended on sugar production, the lack of buyer in places such as the US caused a rise in sugar prices and over production of sugar. Because of the lack of imports and exports, poverty become widespread. Furthermore, the state of Cuba's economy resulted in a general feeling of unrest in the public, and many began to protest the current government.

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Latin America and the Great Depression: Brazil

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Latin America and the Great Depression: Brazil

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Due to the Great depression and excess coffee production in the 1920s, the demand for Brazilian coffee products declined severely. As a result, the price of coffee fell and remained at very low levels,  leading to increasing government interventions an external crisis that took almost a decade to resolve. To avoid further decreases in coffee prices and increase the demand, the government bought huge amounts of coffee and destroyed it. Furthermore, governmental intervention provided support to the coffee market, which provided support to the rest of the economy.

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Another event that contributed to the Great Depression was American's beginning to distrust banks. People began to panic and withdraw all their money from banks, which contributed even more panic. The mass withdrawal of money caused to banks to go broke, and many lost their life's savings because there wasn't a plan in place to ensure people's savings. The failure of banks contributed to a decrease in consumer spending and business investment. Furthermore, the issue was exacerbated by the federal reserve, which raised interest rates, reducing lending and the money supply.

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Impact of the Great Depression on the Arts 

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Impact of the Great Depression on the Arts 

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The social unrest during the Depression influenced the messages if artwork. Additionally, New Deal programs gave artists federal recognition funding to work on their art. The international break from formalism and modernism worked to produce a socially conscious tendency in American art. During the Depression decade, Washington State hosted innovative theatre, musical, and performing arts work, with sometimes global resonance.

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Impact of the Great Depression on Women 

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Impact of the Great Depression on Women 

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During the great depression, males and females had different jobs. Work that was considered a "man's job" such especially manufacturing, faced the highest number of lay-offs during the Great Depression. However, women primarily worked in service industries, which were less prone to lay-offs during the 1930s. Though women often were able to keep their jobs during, employers often paid women on a lower pay scale or failed to pay them on time. Additionally, women's wages remained necessary for their family's survival, because in families during the great depression, women were the only breadwinners. Additionally, while men's employment rates declined, women's employment rates actually rose. In 1930, 10.5 million women worked outside the home, but in 1940 approximately 13 million women worked outside the home.

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Impact of the Great Depression on African Americans

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Impact of the Great Depression on African Americans

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All groups of people were negatively affected by the great depression, however, on of the groups that suffered the worst were African Americans. African Americans were the first to see hours and jobs cut, and they experienced the highest unemployment rate. Furthermore, many African Americans worked lower-paying professions, meaning they had less of a financial cushion to fall back on when the economy collapsed.

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Before the 1929 wall street crash, Latin America was struggling due to the drop in prices of exports, such as Brazilian coffee and Cuban sugar. The amount of foreign investment had also declined, meaning less money was flowing through Latin American economies. As a result of the Great Depression, Latin America reduced its ex[prts to Europe and North America, meaning that fewer people were buying their goods and their economies were losing money.

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During the Great Depression Canadians suffered high levels of poverty and unemployment. About one in five Canadians depended on government relief for survival. The duration of unemployment hindered volunteer organizations and provincial governments' ability to relieve the suffering of the unemployed and their defendants, which prompted the federal government to focus on solving the problem through public works projects, increased spending, and intervention in provincial jurisdictions such as social services.

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The New Deal, introduced by president Roosevelt, was a series of programs and projects enacted during the Great Depression that aimed to restore prosperity to the American public. When Roosevelt took office he attempted to stabilize the economy and to provide jobs to the poor and unemployed. Throughout Roosevelt's presidency, the government instituted a series of projects and programs, such as the CCC, the WPA, the TVA, the SEC.

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The 1920's was marked by a period of economic inflation as businesses and the stock market began to grow. A large portion US citizens held stocks, and when the price of stock began to decrease, many shareholders panicked and sold their stocks, which exacerbated the decline. The decline in the stock market resulted in the American public being afraid to spend money, which reduced industrial output and business investment. This lead to businesses losing money, which caused mass layoffs, further contributing to poverty and reduced spending. This became a vicious cycle that continued through the 1930s.