Most Presidents were uncomplacent and more worried about making a mark. Roosevelt might not have been and excuse to this but he was the first President to actually personally take care of his people. The poor, children, nature and even the rich were granted security for their money with the U.S government backing up some public banks. There’s always some kind of foreign event taking the president’s attention from the U.S domestic problems even the very first President. It was surprising to see a President devote himself to his people so tirelessly. In a way he challenged the cultural norms.

The story behind this image affects the way we learned about history. Or more history affects the way you may view this picture because instead of thinking that Americans were lazy you see them as endless optimist. That's how American are viewed throughout history even the early colonies. That makes makes this image less shocking then it should be because people are hopeless, homeless on the street and American are so frustrated that they result to meaningless street brawls. 

Fashion for women has changed throughout history and in the 1930s it was pretty much the trend. Just like today there is a trend with clothes. People will always change up the way they dress and it will never stop. They only do it because all their friends and family and life around them influences what they do. In the 1930s for women it was pretty much flashy dresses and outerwear. For men it was suits and things relating to that.

You could say that most Americans dressed formal as a response to the depression. People were usually after jobs and wanted to look appealing to increase their chances but this is how it has always been throughout American history. If you could dress formally and your surrounding made it convenient dressing formal was preferred. Proves that even during hard times people still follow the everyday norms.