Since thousands of men were losing their jobs as well as their ability to support their family, this issue was very important to everyone. They decided to fire black men over white men in order to preserve jobs for the whites. “In some Northern cities, whites called for blacks to be fired from any jobs as long as there were whites out of work. Racial violence again became more common, especially in the South (Race Relations).” Other racist actions were taken out, but some people, such as president Roosevelt, felt sympathetic towards African Americans. He’d give them a sense of hope and pride against the raging racism from the Depression.“When the U.S. entered World War II, labor leader A. Philip Randolph threatened to organize a march on Washington to protest job discrimination in the military and other defense-related activities. In response, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8802, stating that all persons, regardless of race, creed, color, or national origin, would be allowed to participate fully in the defense of the United States (Race Relations).”

 The next couple of would be considered to be terrible as the Depression “steadily worsened” (Teaching Eleanor Roosevelt: The great Depression). After the first initial month that this had been going on, Americans had gone into a state of full panic, and people started to spend all of their money. They were hoping to buy all of the supplies that were raised in price; this, unfortunately, only worsened the problem, as now the rapid spending of the items would only contribute towards the increase of the prices.

Luckily, by 1942, the measure and cost of money fell again, this time back to its original worth. Production, on the other hand, increased at a magnificent yet punishing amount within the span of just 4 years, between 1936 to 1940. While many companies worked much harder to supply the public with their products, they made less than they originally had with more work put in now. “To acknowledge that productivity increases were crucial to the economic recovery is not however the end of the story because we are still left trying to understand the mechanisms underlying their sharp increases. What induced such increases? Serendipity — the idea that productivity increased at just the right time and in the appropriate amounts — is not an appealing explanation (Great Depression Revival).” This Depression actually helped the country in some ways, many of which came into view decades later.