https://padlet.com/cadedaily/thegreatdepression One of the worst times in American History en-us 2020-01-07 19:33:23 UTC 2025-12-05 01:19:08 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/446072685/38943cacf741088427d43d81c2044a25/download.jpeg CadeDaily https://padlet.com/cadedaily/thegreatdepression/wish/428625508 The Great Depression began with a huge stock market crash in 1929 & was worsened by the Dust Bowl in the 1930s. President Franklin D. Roosevelt instituted government-run systems that would help the economy pick back up, but his efforts wouldn't be able to bring the economy back up until years later. The Great Depression was by far the worst depression that America has seen, but there have been minor drops in the stock market since then.

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Potlucks and ‘thrift gardens’ were the norm.
Board games and miniature golf courses thrived.
Women entered the workforce in increasing numbers.
Families on government support were less stigmatized.
Economic hardship caused family breakdowns.
Crime was mythologized, but this was largely hype.

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]]> 2020-01-07 19:49:24 UTC https://padlet.com/cadedaily/thegreatdepression/wish/428631903 CadeDaily https://padlet.com/cadedaily/thegreatdepression/wish/428639142 The Dust Bowl of 1930 affected all sorts of farmers across the U.S.

Click below to watch a video on how the Dust Bowl affect the United States...]]> 2020-01-07 20:00:01 UTC https://padlet.com/cadedaily/thegreatdepression/wish/428639142 CadeDaily https://padlet.com/cadedaily/thegreatdepression/wish/429655156 Bonnie and Clyde, in full Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow,  were a  robbery team that became notorious in the United States through their flamboyant encounters with police and the sensationalization of their exploits by the country’s newspapers. Bonnie and Clyde mainly robbed "Mom and Pop" stores. Bonnie and Clyde mostly stole only $5-$10 worth of stuff at each site they visited. Bonnie and Clyde's reign of terror came to an end when a police unit shot throughout their entire car and instantly killed them.]]> 2020-01-09 18:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/cadedaily/thegreatdepression/wish/429655156 https://padlet.com/cadedaily/thegreatdepression/wish/429658927 Jessie Owens won his 4th Gold Medal in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. He broke the 4X100 record with 39.8 seconds and held the position for 20 years.

]]> 2020-01-09 19:00:42 UTC https://padlet.com/cadedaily/thegreatdepression/wish/429658927 CadeDaily https://padlet.com/cadedaily/thegreatdepression/wish/429661816  Radio broadcasts were a popular form of entertainment for Americans during the Great Depression and many families owned at least one radio by the time the Great Depression was over. You can listen to one of these such broadcasts below by clicking the link.]]> 2020-01-09 19:05:02 UTC https://padlet.com/cadedaily/thegreatdepression/wish/429661816 CadeDaily https://padlet.com/cadedaily/thegreatdepression/wish/429667204 The New Deal was a series of programs and projects instituted during the Great Depression by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that aimed to restore prosperity to Americans. When Roosevelt took office in 1933, he acted swiftly to stabilize the economy and provide jobs and relief to those who were suffering. Over the next eight years, the government instituted a series of experimental New Deal projects and programs, such as the CCC, the WPA, the TVA, the SEC and others. Roosevelt’s New Deal fundamentally and permanently changed the U.S. federal government by expanding its size and scope—especially its role in the economy.
Roosevelt’s quest to end the Great Depression was just beginning, and would ramp up in what came to be known as “The First 100 Days.” Roosevelt kicked things off by asking Congress to take the first step toward ending Prohibition – one of the more divisive issues of the 1920s – by making it legal once again for Americans to buy beer. (At the end of the year, Congress ratified the 21st Amendment and ended Prohibition for good.)
Roosevelt worked hard during his time in office to get the economy stabilized.]]> 2020-01-09 19:13:01 UTC https://padlet.com/cadedaily/thegreatdepression/wish/429667204