https://padlet.com/jlombardo15/s96uj5l2zwokwm74 By Jake Lombardo en-us 2021-01-21 13:48:04 UTC 2023-01-25 02:58:33 UTC hello@padlet.com jlombardo15 https://padlet.com/jlombardo15/s96uj5l2zwokwm74/wish/1110041462 The videos I found are restricted, but this video in particular was very good. It basically was an older video in a documentary like fashion talking about crime during the great depression. It was very interesting to watch, and I learned a lot from it.]]> 2021-01-21 13:50:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jlombardo15/s96uj5l2zwokwm74/wish/1110041462 jlombardo15 https://padlet.com/jlombardo15/s96uj5l2zwokwm74/wish/1110046651 This is a picture of “Lucky” Luciano, the largest mob boss in New York during the depression. He made lots of money by becoming a loan shark. He would loan people the money he got from bootlegging, since the banks couldn’t give loans, and then charge rates of 20% or so. These rates were basically unpayable, so he instead would go in and take money from these people's businesses instead.]]> 2021-01-21 13:51:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jlombardo15/s96uj5l2zwokwm74/wish/1110046651 jlombardo15 https://padlet.com/jlombardo15/s96uj5l2zwokwm74/wish/1110058967 This painting depicts what life was like during the depression. Is full of despair, darkness. People were in very rough times, making them more vulnerable. It was dirty, poor, and no one could do anything about it. The mob saw this, and used it to take advantage of people, and make even more money. They kept rich while making everyone else even more poor.]]> 2021-01-21 13:54:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jlombardo15/s96uj5l2zwokwm74/wish/1110058967 jlombardo15 https://padlet.com/jlombardo15/s96uj5l2zwokwm74/wish/1110068925 The darkest of times; No financial aid; Voiceless as mimes; Nothing for them to say; They question their choices; Why is this the path they find; Money is power; the mob has plenty; they control the time in a hour; Loans taken from them; too much to pay back; 20% rates giving them a heart attack; But it’s for their family; So maybe it’ll be helpful; Instead, it’s dreadful; Making them even more doubtful; Paying debts they can’t pay; They take your businesses; But you have no say; The darkest of times.]]> 2021-01-21 13:56:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jlombardo15/s96uj5l2zwokwm74/wish/1110068925 jlombardo15 https://padlet.com/jlombardo15/s96uj5l2zwokwm74/wish/1110070118 This poem I wrote talks about how desperate the times were, how scarce money was, the mindset people had at the time. Anything they did was for just some extra cash for food, water, anything really. They were a glimmer of hope for them, or so they thought. They instead just gave you money, and then just took it back and then some when you couldn't pay it back.]]> 2021-01-21 13:56:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jlombardo15/s96uj5l2zwokwm74/wish/1110070118 jlombardo15 https://padlet.com/jlombardo15/s96uj5l2zwokwm74/wish/1110089277 This infographic talks about the effects the depression had on money, debt, assets on interest rates. Assets/stocks go down, lose value, while cash is king and debt increases. Interest rates also increase, like the loan sharks loaning money to poor people during the depression. This was how things started to operate during the depression.]]> 2021-01-21 14:00:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jlombardo15/s96uj5l2zwokwm74/wish/1110089277 jlombardo15 https://padlet.com/jlombardo15/s96uj5l2zwokwm74/wish/1110093320 This political cartoon is supposed to depict what taking a loan from a loan shark is like. The people who usually take these kinds of loans are people in financial emergencies or having issues. This is significant information because everyone who lived in America during the depression were in a financial emergency. This meant people were taking loans from loan sharks left and right.]]> 2021-01-21 14:01:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jlombardo15/s96uj5l2zwokwm74/wish/1110093320 jlombardo15 https://padlet.com/jlombardo15/s96uj5l2zwokwm74/wish/1110101364 This article talks about how mobsters like “Lucky” Luciano made tons of money during the depression. They became loan sharks, loaning their money to people since banks couldn’t, and charge them 20% rates. This was an extremely popular method of making money for mobsters during the depression.]]> 2021-01-21 14:02:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jlombardo15/s96uj5l2zwokwm74/wish/1110101364 jlombardo15 https://padlet.com/jlombardo15/s96uj5l2zwokwm74/wish/1110109336 This article talks about gangsters during the depression. Most of them were immigrants, or children of immigrants. While the different groups certainly competed with each other, by the early 1930s, they started to collaborate because public opposition to gang violence made them very conspicuous. Reduction in gang violence was probably one of the only good things to come out of the era.]]> 2021-01-21 14:04:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jlombardo15/s96uj5l2zwokwm74/wish/1110109336 jlombardo15 https://padlet.com/jlombardo15/s96uj5l2zwokwm74/wish/1110115590 This article talks about how the mob makes money off of economic downfalls. They take advantage of these downfalls, and exploit it to make their cash. This is how the mob has survived for so long. They look at these recessions, and uses it to take advantage of people and make money.]]> 2021-01-21 14:05:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jlombardo15/s96uj5l2zwokwm74/wish/1110115590