1930s-+Recession

Cailyn Caskey Jobs/Salary     Even though life seemed so good in the 1920s, it slowly came to an end. In 1929, when the stock market crashed, all of the economy’s weaknesses became clear. Next thing you know it’s the 30s, otherwise known as the Great Depression. During the Great Depression, many people were unemployed. Jobs were too hard to find that one or both parents often left the home to seek work, leaving the kids behind. If you were lucky enough to find a job, you were a coal mining/ manufacturing worker, or a cook. For the more privileged families, that weren’t that affected by the depression, often worked as doctors or accountants, making more than most people. However, for the other families or people who were less fortunate, had to be accepting of the pay cuts and not making as much as the doctor’s because they knew they needed to make some source of income for themselves or their family. Due to the economy, salaries during the 30s were horrible. The doctors/accountants made around $61 a month where as the manufacturing/coal mining workers and cooks made about $16 to $18 a month. As you can see from the salaries above, the less fortunate families had an income of up to $384 a year with two family members working. This was not enough to buy clothes, food and pay for bills. Many children were unclothed, wrapped in blankets to keep warm. As well as, families found old scraps from trash cans or crumbs to feed their empty stomachs.           <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;"> <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Clayton Traynham <span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Family Life/Housing

<span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Due to the economic depression in the 1930s, the rate houses were being built slowed down. The homes were mostly small and the ones that had electricity rarely used it. Also, they had a few bedrooms, a bathroom or two, and a small living room with a kitchen. Many of the houses were cottages, bungalows, victorians, usonians, and foursquare houses. The only entertainment in these houses was a radio. During the 1930s, home building was a practice that needed careful planning. It was regulated by the Federal Housing Administration. This organization is one that provided insured loan funding for home builders starting in 1934. Although home building was regulated, people could know choose the layout of their homes. The main stipulation with this privilege was, the exterior of people’s homes must blend with all other homes in the neighborhood surrounding.

<span style="display: block; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Family life in the 1930s was nothing like the present. The “great depression” hit and caused struggle for most families. Many children wore hand-me-downs and old scrapes found in the streets. Many father’s lost their jobs which caused depressive thoughts in each family. Each morning, many families had to wait in line for hours just to get a crumb of bread for food. Everyone had it tough on them, and had their own struggle until they made it through the “great depression”. Adam Darr- Inventions/Firsts The 1930s are known for having the worst depression in US history. As the economy slowed, so did the innovation of inventions during that time period. In the early 1930s things such as scotch tape, the electron microscope, drive-in movie theaters, and nylon were invented. All of these inventions (with the exception of nylon) did not have much use at the time. Nor did they seem to help an economy in a depression.

The late 1930s saw the same trend of mediocre inventions with things such as voice recognition, LSD, Teflon, and the helicopter being created. Again, all of these inventions were good in their own right but none of them did much to stimulate the economy or help the average American. It seems obvious that in times of depression there isn’t much innovation. This is likely because less money is being invested on inventions during times of economic hardships.



Eric Murphy- Crises and Controversies In 1929 the stock market crashed. From 1929 to 1939 people struggled to survive, many people lost their jobs, their homes and most of their money. People had no jobs so they weren’t spending any money; this hurt the economy even more. It made the economy worse because if no one was buying the products the companies would not have to make as much of the product and they wouldn’t need as many workers, so people would lose jobs. Not only did the Great Depression affect America, but many other European countries as well. In Germany the great depression helped Adolf Hitler rise to power. In addition to the Great Depression another disaster arose in the Midwest. The dust bowl occurred when topsoil from farm land was picked up by wind and created dust storms. This made farmers not be able to produce crops, putting them out of work. Many people left their homes to escape the dust. Without money they couldn’t afford new homes, so they became homeless.

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The 1930’s was also known as the “Great Depression”. During the 1930’s things started to go downhill. The economy took a turn and became very poor. This change can be seen in the written expression of the time period. Langston Hughes was a big poet during that time. He wrote a lot of poetry. “As I Grow” is a piece written by him that paints a picture of how some felt during that time. Many felt like their dreams were gone. They felt trapped. That is some of what this poem communicates.=====

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Art is and expression of one’s self and how one feels. A piece of art from the 1930s is called “// Approaching Storm” is a painting that plainly shows what the country became during the Great Depression. At one point before the Great Depression the country was a colorful place and after the country became a gray depressing place. The change was drastic and through art and written expression it can be changed. //=====

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Evan Heidlebaugh Sports/Activities The 1930s was a recessive time for sports in America. After the stock market crashed, everyone in the country was struggling for money. Since no one had enough money, people were not going to as many sporting events as they used to. People were saving their money for more important things. Since not as many people were going to games, attendance dropped dramatically for baseball, and renovations on fields halted. Teams were forced to drop the number of players they had on the teams to save money, and the players left got less pay than they did before. Everyone in the sports industry took a huge hit financially in the 1930s. People began listening to baseball games and other events on the radio because it was cheaper than actually going to the games. From time to time families would go to baseball games as a way to get away from all of their economic troubles. Surprisingly, the unemployed were usually the people who ended up attending games. They would use whatever money they could get, and use it on sporting events because it was something for them to do in their spare time. Since they were unemployed, their days were very boring, and this was something fun and cheap for them to do. Sports essentially almost halted completely during this time due to financial problems, and didn’t gain more popularity again until the economy got better. The Film Industry - Hannah Hess The film industry in the 1930s, sometimes referred to as “Hollywood’s Golden Age” didn’t really feel the effects of the depression until the early 30s. Nearly all of the Hollywood studios suffered financially (with the exception of MGM). Many studios had to reorganize, request government assistance, cut budgets and employees, and close theaters. Attendance rates at movie theaters drastically changed. No one could afford to go to the movies at that time. However, the movie attendance was still between 60-75 million each week. Special giveaways, such as 2-for-1 features, were used to help keep an audience. Movies made during the Depression period often reflected situations and emotions shared by people during that time, which provided a motion picture that the audience could relate to.

Ariana Stroman-  Recession hit in the 1930s, taking the trends from flashy to simple. During this decade money was not plentiful, meaning women did a lot of the sewing and mending of their clothes. Fur became very popular in the 30s, as well as leather. Another widely used item was the zipper, because it was less expensive than buttons and hooks. The fashion for women was long dresses that came to the ankles, but low necklines. Most dresses during the 1930s had balloon puffed sleeves with a tiny, fitted waist. Skirts had a lot of layers and a ruffled look. High heeled shoes were less common in this recession period. Instead, the women wore more flats and shoes with ankle straps. Suits became less popular for men because affording them was very difficult. Men mostly wore jeans, old rag shirts, hats and leather boots. Even though traditional business suits were not worn muProxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0, the gangster style was a major trend in the 30s, as well as vest sweaters. Overall, the recession of the 1930s changed the style of fashion to cheaper materials and cheaper products, but still kept it trendy. Mitchell Learmonth- The 1930 the time very well known for the crash of the stock market and because of the crash of the stock market it brought the great depression. Many people sulfured because of this it was a time of great sulfuring and much of the blame was placed pone Franklin Delano Roosevelt because he was the president form the start and to the end of the great depression. But what most people did not know was that even though FDR was the president when this was going on he was doing a lot of things in attempting to get this country back to it old glory.

Also in 1933 brought the end of probation the main reasons for this was because since the be gaining I only brought problems to this country. The things that it was put in place to protect and solve only did the complete opposite. But another reason that they did this was because the alcohol business was mainly being run by all of the gangs so it was giving them resources and who would want that. Also since they made it illegal to sell alcohol they lost the tax that they could have been making on it so that was also a reason for the change.