Curation Project by Tristan Cantu

Migrant Workers

129019_5 — 2025-02-07 20:38:34 UTC

What this quote is trying to say is that migrants who were farmers were working much harder than before since there was little to no rainfall to help with crops. Migrants would also be moved from farm to farm sometimes referencing the quote saying that human beings had no value for some people. It shows how little migrants mattered to the people since they were essentially treated like slaves at times.

Hoovervilles

129019_5 — 2025-02-08 06:56:42 UTC

The quote says how for many people which a grand majority were migrants had to live in these handmade towns called Hoovervilles. These towns were not in the best condition since they were made with scraps and could be easily broken. What this shows is how little money there was due to that there were so many of these types of homes in various states.

Children in Great Depression.

129019_5 — 2025-02-08 07:19:45 UTC

What the poem is describing is children having a sense of hope that thing will get better after the Great Depression. It talks about how a kid's life is very hard during the Great Depression due to them having to work and farms and not having good clothing at all. It describes how the child wants to go on the train and discover if there are the same struggles that they're in his town out in the rest in the world.

Family Troubles

129019_5 — 2025-02-08 07:25:32 UTC

What is quote was trying to say is how life was incredibly difficult for families and children. This one explains how a father is trying to do to him unable to find anywhere to support his family, and his son ask why he cries and he responds with saying that there were little too no things inside of the house most likely do to him having something. His son wrote this letter in order to see if he was able to get some help because him and many other families faced similar struggles where they gave up almost everything that they owned.

Mexican Migrants

129019_5 — 2025-02-08 07:36:15 UTC

What this quote is trying to say is that Mexicans were on danger of being deported in the 1920s. Many people only saw them as laborers who can simply be sent back to Mexico during the Depression even if they had started a life, and had a family there, and the kids had birthright citizenship. They simply did not care for them since many people saw them as cheap labor and the Mexican community was able to see what other people felt. This showed very weary lines of equality during this time.

Farmers Last Hopes

129019_5 — 2025-02-08 07:40:54 UTC

What this quote is trying to say is how farmers had to consider burning the crops and killing their cows in order to be somewhat stable during the Depression. Due to very little rainfall and wheat prices dropping significantly Farmers had no choice but to grow more crops and unfortunately killed their Livestock in order to have food. At some point Farmers would run out of money and they were at risk of losing their farms so many simply burn everything so that the government wouldn't be in control of it and it was a sense of pride.

Migrants Leaving

129019_5 — 2025-02-08 07:46:39 UTC

What this is trying to say is how people including migrants had to essentially abandon everything including their farms and their homes. After selling many things in order to make some money and growing crops starting to fail, many considered moving to different places. Migrants however had the added fear of being deported after having a new life in America. Even if they had sold everything in their house they would have to start all over again if they all got deported .

Life of Black Americans

129019_5 — 2025-02-08 07:50:29 UTC

What this is trying to represent is how black Americans have to live in constant fear due to the amounts of racism that arose. Many did not feel safe at all due to their being Jim Crow Law since it’s just another form of segregation. Many of them were racially profiled and where often the ones who would be blamed for things or they would simply be hated for no reason.

Kids in Depression

129019_5 — 2025-02-08 07:54:02 UTC

What the kid is trying to explain is how unfair things were in the world now. He expressed how Banks were able to take money away from families which would affect kids as well, but he also brings up the point that couples would have to get their houses completely removed since they had to sell it in order to have some money due to the inability to do actions like farming because of age.

Kids Working

129019_5 — 2025-02-08 07:56:45 UTC

The kid is trying to express how life was much more difficult than I needed to be, but we're happy that they were able to get some kind of work. While everything was going downhill in America some kids had a sense of pride due to that they had work and they felt like they were contributing to the world. It especially helped that they would do their jobs well and they would try to work off of that in order to help provide their family with some money.