The Great Depression With the economical struggles that you deal with today, do you think that you could have lived through the Great Depression? The Great Depression had a negative affect the relationships of families because of the economical struggles that they had to deal with. The Great Depression affected many families’ marriages, farm life, and the next generation. During the Great Depression there were many difficult situations with food and farm life. One of the causes of the Great Depression was the crash of the stock market.
Bank deposits were uninsured and because of that people lost their savings. Surviving banks weren’t as willing to create new loans because they were concerned for their survival (Causes Of The Great Depression). More problems arose that caused the Great Depression such as problems with the American economic policy with Europe and drought conditions. Although drought conditions are not a direct cause of the Great Depression, the drought occurred in the Mississippi Valley in 1930. Many could not pay their taxes or other debts because their farms could not grow any crops.
There was a massive divide in the North from the South. The North had an industrial revolution in the late nineteenth century, although Italy’s industrial development was always going to be limited, as they did not have enough key resources such as iron and coal. The poorer side of Italy, the South, was full of peasants and no industrialisation, therefore the South suffered from a bad economy and poor living conditions. In the South, 0.01% of the population owned 50% of the land. That agricultural industry in the South was so corrupt that farmers gained no profit from their livestock and crops, therefore was inefficient and moving backwards.
As Strayer, Gatzke, and Harbison state in their textbook The Course of Civilization states “The basic trouble was that very few inhabitants of the empire believed that the old civilization was worth saving… the overwhelming majority of the population had been systematically excluded from political responsibilities. They could not organize to protect themselves; they could not serve in the army… Their economic plight was hopeless. Most of them were serfs bound to the soil, and the small urban groups saw their cities slipping into an economic decline.”(DBQ 2, Doc 1) What these men mean is the majority of the people (which were poor serfs) were excluded from political responsibilities. In addition, they could not protect themselves or serve in the army mainly because they were too poor (in order to be in the army, the people had to be wealthy) and the urban patricians saw their city fall into an economic downfall. What also led the downfall of the Western Roman Empire were the rise of Christianity and the large size
(Document B) Without water, the crops were unable to grow which led to hunger, starvation, and death. When there where crops to tend to, the water levels were too weak to do so. (Document B) Moreover, the rivers and lakes became brackish which means that they started to fill with salt. Therefore, their dependable sources of fresh water became limited. (Document A) Since there was a short supply of fresh water, many colonists died of dehydration.
The most severe influenced by the Great Depression was the farmers. Wheat, cotton, tobacco and lumber could not export so that it caused the farmers to default on their loans,
What Ended The Great Depression? There are many theories as to what ended the Great Depression. This may be one of the most important questions asked in America’s economic history. The Great Depression of the 1930s was devastating to the American people. Times were so difficult that many former middle-class Americans struggled to feed their families, keep their homes and pay their debts.
This meant trade to other countries went down bringing the economy to yet another low and this lack of agricultural workers meant a lack of food across Russia, especially in towns and cities where there was no easy access to farms; and as is with most things in demand, the prices went through the roof, leaving peasants starving on a mass scale. The only short term fix that was established for this whole issue, was a series of loans from Russia’s allies, Britain and France; these loans are especially important when it comes to the provisional government’s role in the second revolution in 1917. The other major issue that was gained from the World War is the amazing show of incompetence from Russian military leaders, most notably Nicholas II. This led to a decreasing
In 1605-1612, the colonists experienced the longest drought (Doc B). Because of the lack of rain, they weren’t able to grow crops (Doc B). The seasons also caused diseases to spread (Doc E). The occupations of the colonists contributed to the colonist dying. They brought gentlemen, rich men that didn’t work with their hands, and they wanted other people to build their houses and hunt for their food (Doc C).
The characters in Of mice and Men are powerless due to a lack of friends, loneliness and death. This is a result of the great depression, Dustbowl and the American Dream. The Great Depression resulted in high unemployment, poverty, low profits and deflation. The Dustbowl was a period of severe dust storms mainly in the central part of American causing major damage to crops, farms and property. Most people left their houses and migrated to other places to find work but it was hard as everyone else was doing the same.