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Quote: the economic crisis and  intensified class struggle of the 1930’s resulted in the deportation of hundreds of thousands of Mexican workers from the U.S. As unemployment the southwest soared—worsened by the migration of over a million people into California from other parts of the United States between 1930 and 1940—as urban Mexican communities in such cities as Los Angeles began to rebel against the oppression ./and as farm labor strikes flared up throughout California, the steel net of the border “gestapo '' swept through the Mexican barrios. In California, in particular, the militancy of the Mexican workers-many of whom were active trade unionists and members of the communist Party—met fierce repression. More than 75,000 Mexcians were deported from Los Angeles alone in 1931.

- from Beyond the Border: Mexico and the U.S Today

The video and quote convey how Mexican American wokrers had to leave the U.S. during the Great Depression. As jobs became even more difficult to find, many Mexicans were deported. We learn that even though everyone struggled, many groups were also discriminated against, enhancing their struggles.

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U.S. History Since 1865: The Mexican Experience in the 1920's and the Great Depression  Part 1

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Quote: When these winds hit us, we and our misery were suddenly covered with dust. Here in the Texas Panhandle we were hit harder than most anywhere else. If the wind below one way, here came the dark dust from Oklahoma. Another way and it was the gray dust from Kansas. Still another way, the brown dust from Colorado and New Mexico. Little farms were buried. And the towns were blackened.

- Texas farmer, in This Fabulous Century

This quote represnts how much farmers suffered during the Great Depression. The Dust Bowl made farming extremely diffucult, almost impossible, as it covered all of their crops in dust, ruining them. So many farmers lost their land due to this and had to leave their farming to find new work. Again, this connects to how everyone was struggling during this time, and how hard the lives of farmers were at this time. The combination of economic crisis with natural disasters made it even more hard for farmers to thrive.

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Let America be America again.
Let it be the dream it used to be.
Let it be the pioneer on the plain
Seeking a home where he himself is free.

(America never was America to me.)

Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed-
Let it be that great strong land of love
Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme
That any man be crushed by one above.

(It never was America to me.)

O, let my land be a land where Liberty
Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath,
But opportunity is real, and life is free,
Equality is in the air we breathe.

(There's never been equality for me,
Nor freedom in this "homeland of the free.")

Say, who are you that mumbles in the dark?
And who are you that draws your veil across the stars?

O, let America be America again- And yet must be-the land where
The land that never has been yet-

every man is free. The land that's mine-the poor man's, Indian's, Negro's, ME-
Who made America,
Whose sweat and blood, whose faith and pain,
Whose hand at the foundry, whose plow in the rain,
Must bring back our mighty dream again.

Sure, call me any ugly name you choose-
The steel of freedom does not stain.
From those who live like leeches on the people's lives,
We must take back our land again,
America!

Out of the rack and ruin of our gangster death,
The rape and rot of graft, and stealth, and lies,
We, the people, must redeem
The land, the mines, the plants, the rivers.
The mountains and the endless plain-
All, all the stretch of these great green states-
And make America again!

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Let America Be America Again - Let America be America again.

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For the last three or four years we have had depression and suffered with my family and little children severely….I am living in this house for about ten years and when times were good we would put our last cent in the house and now I have no money, no home, and no wheres to go. I beg of you ro please help me and my family and little children for the sake of a sick mother and suffering family to give this your immediate attention so we will not be forced to move or put out in the street.

- letter to F.D.R from Mrs. E.L., 1934, in Down and Out in the Great Depression: Letters from the Forgotten Man

This quote describes the adveristy women, especially mothers, had to face during the Great Depression. It conveys how a mother was to provide food and essential for her children, because of the economic struggles of the Great Depression. This highlights the struggles and burdens of poverty and how it affected the surivival of many families. Many woman had to take on jobs in factories, transforming the ideas of traditional gender roles and how survival was a privelege at this time.

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Quote: am a boy of 12 years… My father hasn’t worked for 5 months. He went plenty of times to relief, he filled out application. They won’t give us anything. I don’t know why… My father he staying home. All the time he’s crying because he can’t find work. I told him why are you crying daddy, and daddy said why shouldn’t I cry when there is nothing in the house. I feel sorry for him. That night I couldn’t sleep.-letter to President and Mrs. Roosevelt, 1936 in Down and Out in the Great Depression: Letter from the Forgotten Man

This photo of many children in old clothes represents the poverty in the Great Depression. The quote is from a 12 year old boy who's family is struggling because his father cannot find work during this time. He was feeling hopeless because his father is supposed to provide for his family. This portray how everyone, even children, were heavily affected during this time and struggles witht their families.

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When they need us they call us migrants. When we’ve picked their crops were bums and we've got to get out.

- migratory worker, in This Fabulous Century

This quote reveals how migrants were treated unfairly as they were not valued as real people, but only as labor workers. They were seen as only being used to "pick crops" and work and then they were pushed away. The image of a migrant family with their belongings demonstartes how unstable life was for these migrants as they were constantly moving places in hopes of finding work and providing for their families. Even though they worked so much, they were treated poorly and not appreciated for their hard work. This also highlights how the Great Depression caused many people to have to migrate for work, and even though everyone was struggling, many minorities were seen as outsiders to white Americans.

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But I hope some day things will be a little better, it is hard to send you children to school. with hardly anything to eat, and not the warmer kind of clothes. I have three little children and I can hardly feed them right: Because, don’t have the right kind of thing: I have one sickly child and he need milk I can’t buy the milk for him because my Husband wages are to small.

- letter to Harry Hopkins, Federal Relief Administrator, 1935, in Down and Out in the Great Depression: Letters from the Forgotten Man

This quote and video represents the struggles women faced during the 1920s/1930s such as women struggling to take care of their children due to lack of money and support. The woman in this quote speaks about not having enough food, clothes, or money to properly take care of her family. The cover image of the video, showcasing women gathered together, conveys the resilience and strength women had during this time. They supported each other although poverty was weighing on their lives. Women worked extremely hard in order to support their families and remain resilient.

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Two years after the Representation of the People Act 1918, the Times published grave warnings against moves to extend voting rights to women under 30. Mature females might now engage with politics, but the "scantily clad, jazzing flapper to whom a dance, a new hat or a man with a car is of more importance than the fate of nations" must never be entrusted with a vote.

The fast, frivolous flapper of the 20s was partially a cultural stereotype, but she was also a focus of serious debate. With her short skirts and cigarettes, her cocktails, sexiness and sass, she was not only offensive to the men at the Times, but also a concern to older feminists, who saw in her pleasure-seeking, taboo-breaking ways a younger generation's disregard of all for which the suffragettes had fought.

But if the politics of feminism seemed less important to the "flapper generation", this was partly because young women were taking the struggle for freedom into their personal lives. Ideas of duty, sacrifice and the greater good had been debunked by the recent war; for this generation, morality resided in being true to one's self, not to a cause. Towards the end of the decade, some feminists would argue that women's great achievement in the 20s was learning to value their individuality.

Personal freedoms remained dependent on public reform and active UK feminists such as the Six Point Group continued to campaign. Women were givenelectoral equality with men in 1928; legislation brought equality in inheritance rights and unemployment benefits; and women profited from the Sex Discrimination (Removal) Act, which, in 1919, had given them access to professions such as law.

Changes in work patterns were dramatic, with a third of unmarried women moving into paid employment across an expanding range of jobs in medicine, education and industry. Mass employment also made women a consumer power. Fashion was one of several industries that expanded rapidly to meet their demands. While the Times considered clothes a frivolity, for women they were a daily marker of liberation: rising hemlines, sportswear and even trousers made their generation physically freer than any in modern history.

Sexual mores were also changing. While double standards persisted, a significant number of women were beginning to claim the same licence as men. There were small steps of encouragement, too, with divorce made easier by the Matrimonial Causes Act 1923 and contraception made more readily available by the Marie Stopes mail-order service. The flapper generation may have been comparatively apolitical and self-absorbed, but, as they puzzled out what freedom meant and tested their personal limits, they were broaching issues that would be hotly debated during the 60s and 70s.
Judith Mackrell is the Guardian's dance critic and the author of books including

'Mass employment made women a consumer power' ... women at work in a Rowntree's factory in York, 1929. Photograph: Heritage Images/Getty Images

Flappers: Six Women of a Dangerous Generation

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The 1920s: 'Young women took the struggle for freedom into their personal lives'

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With the first world war having debunked ideas of duty, sacrifice and the greater good, women learned to value their individuality above the needs of others

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Quote: I have worked hard all my life, and all I have now is my  broken body.

-California field hand, in The Fabulous Century

The quote and the article demonstarte how people had to move around in order to find work to make money. It was extremely diffcult to earn money during the Great Depression, leading many to leave their homes to seek oppurtunities of work in different places. People had no choice but to move and start over somewhere else. People had to work extemely hard to even earn some money just so businesses could thrive off of their hard work.

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Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR)

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The Effects of Immigration on the Economy: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure

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“In every truth, the beneficiaries of a system cannot be expected to destroy it.”

-Asa Philip Randolph

The photo of a Black American woman standing alone connects back to the struggles of Black Americans during the Great Depression. They were not being treated equally, socially and economically by the "system," which is the government and the econemy. While many Americans struggles during this time, Black Americans also faced racial discrimination, making it hard for them to secure jobs and housing. So, not only were they battling economic adversity, they were also dealing with the deep-rooted racism in America.

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Quote: We make as much as is fitten for such as us runnin’ -around folks. Cain’t send the children to school we ain’t got the cloths. By a’savin up we get so’s we can move on to the next place. We haven’t had no help no way.-Texas migrant worker in California, in This Fabulous Century

This quote highlights the financial struggles families had to face during the Great Depression. Parents were not earning enough money to financially support their children and they were forced to make sacrfices to support their families. This hardship affected all family members as the econemy was pushing them into severe hardships. The GIF reflects the shift in gender roles in the 1920s/1930s. Women were growing more independent as they were becoming more assertive in their families and also working in previously male dominated fields such as factory work. Altogether, the quote and the GIF represents a shift in family dynamics such as financial struggles and shifting gender norms.

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If they come to take my farm, I’m going to fight. I’d rather be killed outright than die by starvation. But before I die, I’m going to set fire to my crops, I’m going to burn my house, I’m going to p’izen my cattle.

- debt-ridden farmer, in This Fabulous Century

This video and quote represents the desperation for money that farmers possessed during this time. In the quote, it is clear that the farmer has dedicated everything to his farm and relies on it for finacial stability. The desperation and fear that his farm could be gone highlights how many farmers were struggling to maintain their farms and make enough money. They struggled harshly to obtain food and necessities. They felt deep frustration, desperation, and hopelessness as they struggled to make enough money to survive.

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The Farmers Story  - The Great Depression