The Great Depression
“We don’t grow when things are easy, we grow when we face challenges.” The meaning of this quote written by Joyce Meyers is that if we don’t go through rough patches, we can’t make improvements to grow and become better. This connects to The Great Depression because the world learned from it and improved from the mistakes that were made.This relates to how medical advancements were made in the later years because of the crippling diseases and sicknesses the 1930's brought. As The Dust Bowl was partly caused by humans, the society made adjustments to stop events like these from happening again. Also, to help with families in need, many breadlines filled up with people who were struggling. The Great Depression was a catastrophic time that brought worldwide depression into the hard times of the 1930's.
As The Great Depression became worse, so did many diseases and sicknesses. Cancer and other life threatening diseases infested thousands of bodies causing the death and loss of many people. “Large increases in death from cancer, respiratory diseases, and heart attacks occurred during the depression” (The 1930s Medicine 1). While some of these diseases were caused by something natural, others though, weren’t. Most diseases were caused by the lack of vaccines and sterilization. Medical components such as vaccines did not have to be tested or licensed(1). Other diseases were transmitted sexually such as syphilis which infected more than 10% of Americans(1). All in all, knowing this demonstrates how if people in the 1930s were more careful and sanitary, many of these diseases could have been prevented. In addition to that, with money being harder for families to get their hands on; breadlines grew longer and longer, giving to those in need of food. To start off, bread lines began when over 12 million Americans got unemployed(Breadlines 1). The tragic times of The Great Depression brought struggling families to spend their entire day in a line just to get a little bit of bread and soup. “Providing adequate food for oneself and one's family became a daily struggle for many Americans”(1). With more families being put into poverty each and every day; breadlines made it easier for families to scrape up enough food to get through their day(Modern American History 2). Breadlines contributed a lot to the 1930s and without them many families wouldn’t have been able to get through the harsh time period. Continuing on, The Dust Bowl was a dreadful storm which brought even more chaos and problems to the 1930s causing people to have to leave their homes and move. Not only did The Dust Bowl bring choking clouds of dust, it also caused people to be exposed to health risks. Not being able to breathe in fresh air wasn’t the worst part. Mounts of dust buried people’s homes, killed families, and destroyed farmland and crops. This caused many farmers to lose their jobs and lose lots of money. The intensity of the storms brought darkness into towns and cities and were disastrous events that severely damaged the environment in many regions(Environmental Catastrophe 1). Finally, The Great Depression was a dreadful time period that brought along many tragedies. Calamitous events such as The Dust Bowl took away homes and cities; and sicknesses and diseases took away lives. Lastly, with many families without food or money, breadlines made a big impact on the people in need. Experiencing and going through these events opened up the societies eyes to see what’s going and and to make changes to guarantee that events such as these would not repeat themselves. The Great Depression was one of the worst but most remembered events in history. |
A group of many people who are in poverty standing in a breadline to get some food.
This is an image that shows the affects of The Dust Bowls and how all the sand buried people's homes.
A big cloud of dust over top a town and many houses making it hard for fresh air to be breathed in by many.
A doctor from the 1930's examining his patient to see if their are any noticeable diseases.
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Another view of the Great Depression
“ Don’t allow our doubts of today limit our tomorrow “ This quote from Franklin D. Roosevelt is very well known. The meaning of this quote is people should never limit themselves on doing something, they should always have confidence on what they are wanting to achieve. This quote connects to the great depression from the 1930s because a large amount of people were affected due to this catastrophe, a lot of people didn't have hope during the great depression but little amount of people believed that everything was going to be alright. For example when the great depression came the dust bowl came by, following that crime, and lastly life during the great depression. The great depression would always be one of the hardest moments that could’ve gone through.
The Dust Bowl was a very hard time period where people had a lot to go through. The dust bowl was a period of severe storms that caused a large amount of damage. It was also known as the dirty thirties. During the 1930s a massive dust storm was approaching, the weather was very dry that it caused crops to fail, leaving plowed fields exposed to wind erosion. From that day everything changed and people had trouble finding food and shelter. The dust bowl was so terrible that people didn’t know how to keep surviving without food and water. According to the website (Farming in the 1930s 1), “The Dust Bowl was caused by several economic and agricultural factors, including federal land policies, change in regional weather.” This lead to harsh farming techniques, rain would basically kill all the crops, and covering house. IN 1933, there were 38 storms, 1932 14 storms and by the 1934 it was estimated that 100 million acres of farmland had lost all or most topsoil to the winds. Due to all of this causes, almost all of the amount of crops were gone and was nothing left. In the 1930s crime was very well known to the catastrophe of the great depression. Crime was very rural in many forms. While the great depression was going on, people lost their jobs and needed money and food. Crime back them was mostly stealing food and doing illegal fishing techniques that was called “stump fishing.” People would do crimes due to the necessity of food and money. People were that poor that in some cases they would sell their children. Banks were bankrupt, there was a lot of gangsters. From that day people would just give up on everything. According to the ( Crime 1920-1940 1 ) “As result by the late 1920s these criminals, now operating in well-structured groups generally referred to as members organized crime, were established and wealthy. Powerful members of organized crime units, or gangsters. This would lead to low economy in the 1930s. People would do anything for money during this time period. Although it was not legal to steal, people back them would do anything for money. During, the Great Depression life was very difficult for people and had a rough time trying to survive. During the 1930s everyone felt challenged and changed by the experience. Most people were unemployed and lost of income. Farmers would find themselves in a very desperate situation. Kids from age 10-18 would work in factories, canneries,mines, and farms. Kids would leave school to support their family. People back them would move place to place. According to the website “ Unable to make mortgage or rent payments, many were deprived of their homes or were evicted from their apartments” The life back them during the great depression was very rough because people would give up everything and sometimes found themselves in the middle of nowhere. Life during the great depression lead to having nowhere to live and some people would find themselves desperately. All in all, the Great Depression was a very rough time, people would have gone through during the 1930’s. First of all the Dust Bowl came by which lead a lot to disappear. The massive storm was so harsh that made everything disappear. Crime was tragic due to the necessity of food, and lastly life during the Great Depression was a tremendous life changing but people believe to not give up, and even if it’s rough time they should always have hope |
During the Dust Bowl half of the house were covered up, most of the people could't even get out
During the Great Depression most of the people didn't have houses and if they did their house would be falling apart
Mothers would sell their kids in exchange of money
People would go out on streets for hours to look for jobs, but nobody would give them jobs due to low economy
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