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L.Gonzalez

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(continuation of photo assignment:)
Okay…. I have to do my other four photos.  So here they go….
 7. Image 15 is about the Communist Party, which during the Depression was at its height as another political party.  The caption underneath the image shows that the Communist was at first victims of the government’s oppression.  The significance of this photo in context to the time is that this group eventually became a very controversial group because of its ideas so what was being exposed later on became something that many wanted nothing to do with. 8. Image 16 shows a meeting of all those who were unemployed during the 1930s due to immense loss of jobs in the Depression.  This is relevant to the time period because it showed how bad things had progressively gotten.  These meetings were set up as a way of bringing together all those who just happened to be going through the exact same thing as a result of the exact same thing.  9. Image 20 was one that was very sad to me. It showed two children out of a family of nine members.  They had to leave Iowa where they were from because their father had become very ill.  They had absolutely no money.  Towards the bottom of the caption it read that I believe one of the kids of the family had said that they didn’t want to go anywhere they would be bothersome to others.  That was so sad because many young kids had to be like these, abandoning schools and everything else just to be able to survive.  Many families were very much like this particular family. 10. Image 24 shows something that during this time had become very popular.  There were about 6 strikers sitting in front of a building to guard anybody from coming in.  During this time of need and immense suffering, many strikes had been formed.  Everyone wanted to help themselves out and possibly get themselves out of the huge debt they had been put in. I was really taken back by this because you would think that during a time like this people wouldn’t be thinking of striking, you would think that they would be trying to make ends meet and possibly get a new job.  But this was something that was seen almost everywhere you looked.  Okay…I finally finished everything!! YAY!! Now….to my story!!!!

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L. Gonzalez

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Hey Sarah and Kelsey!!! Well apparently we have an extra weekend to do our stories!! Do you guys have any ideas? I was thinking that our story should take place in a court room since my person is a judge, Sarah your person is a case.... a case something, and Kelsey your person is a bum that is forever in and out of jail. That seems like the only logical thing to come up with. But if you can think of something else please let me know because my lightbulb isn't functioning anymore!!! Thanks guys!!! Just let me know!



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L. Gonzalez

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Hey Mr. Everett!!! My internet is finally working so I can finally come on the forum at home!! But i was wondering if i was up to date with all of my work.  I finished all of the assignments on the forum, well everything but the story, but i'm slowly working on that. Well if it's not too much trouble could you check if i was up to date with everything? Thanks a lot Mr. E!!

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Part 3-1

Port Morris N.J.
March 20, 1934

My Dear Mrs. Roosevelt,

Do you realize that "Easter" is at hand? Do you realize how many hearts are broken on this account? Do you realize how hard its going to be for most people? Like me, for instance, I am a young girl of fifeteen and I need a coat, so bad I have no money, nor any means of getting any. My father has been out of work for two years.

My brother works on the C.W.A. but he is, or rather has been, insane in an asylum and has taken most of our money. My mother gets 'fits' when I ask her to buy me something new. Poor mother, I sypathize with her because it has been very hard on her, this depression, and having no money at all but debts piling up on us. I want to tell you something: We were once the richest people in our town but now, we are the lowest, considered, the worst people of Port Morris.

For Easter some friends of mine are thinking of getting new out-fits and I just have to listen to them. How I wish I could have a least a coat. That would cost about $5.00 at least. I need a dress. I want one and it only cost $.79 cents. Dear Eleanor how I wish I had this coat and dress for Easter I would be the happiest girl. I love you so much.

Please send me about $6.00
I thank you so much.

A. C.
Port Morris
N.J.


Dear A.C.
            I cannot fulfill your request for I have received many similar requests.  I cannot help all who ask for my help, I am very sorry that I have to deny you.
Sincerely, 
           Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt

 

Metheun, Mass.
Mar. 31, 1935

Dear President and Mrs. Roosevelt.

The favor I am about to ask you is one which I consider a great one. I am asking if you could possibly send me a girl's bicycle. The school which I attend is very far and I am not very healthy I often get pains in my sides. My father only works two days a week and there are six in my family, it is impossible in almost every way that I can get a bicycle! I am in the eighth grade and am very fond of school. Sometimes I have to miss school on account of the walk so far. I have often thought things would pick up and father might be able to get me a bicycle, but instead they have grown worse. I assure you that the bicycle shall not be used as a pleasure but as a necessity.

I shall be waiting patiently, for my greatest wish to be granted, as I feel sure that you cannot and will not turn me down. Please try to send it to me.

I shall remain

Sincerely yours,
M. B.


Dear M.B.
           I am extremely sorry that I cannot give you the bicycle you have requested in your letter.  I receive numerous requests like yours everyday and I cannot fulfill them all.  I am however happy that you are so fond of school.
Sincerley, 
            Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt

42-06 159 Street
Flushing, New York
Mar. 22, 1934

Dear Mrs. Roosevelt,

Please excuse the paper. I have never asked anybody for anything before and I feel kind of awkward writing this so please excuse any mistakes.

I am in the second term in Flushing High School and have managed to buy notebooks and pad so far. This being the spring term spring football is in session. This being my favorite sport I am trying out for the team. I managed to loan from a boy friend shoulder pad, helmit, and football pants but he didn't have any luck in securing a pair of football shoes. Practise started yesterday. I wore snickers and had my ankle cut by a fellow with shoe's on. I came home last night and spoke to my parents about getting a pair of shoes.

I'm sure they would like me to have these but my father, who works three days a week makes only $13.44 on the Long Island State Park Commission said we could not afford them.

I thought one of your sons may have an old pair of football shoes they do not use now. I wear size eight.

Please answer even if you can't do anything for me.

Thanking you in advance,
C. K.


Dear C.K.
            I am incredbly sorry that I cannot give you the football cleats you have requested.  I am very happy to hear that you are getting involved in extracurriculr activities but I receive similar requests to yours and I cannot fulfill them all.  I am very sorry.
Sincerely,
           Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
           

  


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Butchie

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Part 3-2

Image 2
It shows how many banks closed without warning.  They foreclosed on people's homes and businesses, they left people homeless and unemployed.  People no longer had money to buy food, shelter or other living necessities.  The closing of the banks affected anyone who either had a bank account, lived somewhere which used a loan to pay off the property or anyone who worked at a business that used loans to rent out the building or anything else.

Image 3
This picture captures the crazy amount of men who were unemployed at one point in LA.  The jobs that were around and open were few and far between so the competition for jobs was fierce.  This shows that struggle, what the average man went through to support his family and make sure they had clothes on their backs, food on the table and a roof over their heads.

Image 6
This picture displays the way the average family was living in the mid-1930's, the worst years of the Depression.  They had to make houses out of scrap pieces of wood and metal because either they were unemployed so they lost their house or because the bank closed, foreclosed on their home and now they were homeless.  This was a very common scene at this time to see make-shift homes and to do whatever you can to stay alive.

Image 9
This is a photo of a farmer and his sons walking across their property right after a dust storm.  Their house was covered nearly up to the roof with sand and dirt.  These dust storms were very common in the Midwest because we over farmed the land causing the grass to up root leaving only dirt and sand left.  When the wind picked up, the dirt was lifted and covered anything and everything in its path back to the Earth.

Image 13
This is probably the most famous picture of the Depression.  This describes this time period perfectly.  It shows a mother and her 2 children they are crying into her shoulders probably because they are hungry or tired from having to work.  She is looking off into space in a very sad and solemn way.  She looks like she is thinking how she is going to feed her children tonight, how is she going to get out of this destitute lifestyle she is living and move to something better.

Image 17
This shows a sharecroppers yard which is abandoned.  The yard is abandoned because the bank foreclosed on his house leaving him homeless and unemployed.  He now needs to live day-to-day not knowing where he is going to sleep that night or where his next meal is coming from.  It is sad but this happened all over the country to farmers.

Image 23
This was a typical scene in cities across America.  It is the factory workers going on strike because they either didn't like the working conditions or they didn't apperciate the way they were being treated.  When factory workers went on strike the management would hire black people to fill in the jobs to break the strike and the business going.  This used to upset the strikers so they would riot and destroy the factories.

Image 25
This picture shows something that became very popular in the 1930's.  Many homeless people would walk to the West or California to find work.  In Cali, there was many fields and places for the homeless to work and received money right after they work, not in a weekly paycheck.  They had to walk or hitchhike because they were too poor for the train and definelty too poor for a plane.

Image 39
This photo shows the poverty-stricken waiting in line for either bread or soup.  During the Depression, the government created bread and soup lines for those who were not forunate enough to be able to buy their own food.  This was just enough to stay alive everyday which was a struggle for most.  The conditions were bad and they would become malnurished.  Just to get through a week was a struggle.

Image 33
This is a picture which shows the public actually how many people were unemployed.  These people were looking for work just day to day not a job to last them.  They just needed enough money right now to buy food so their families wouldn't go hungry that night.  This is only part of the daily line in one city.  Imagine what a national line would look like?       
           






  


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L. Gonzalez wrote:

Hey Mr. Everett!!! My internet is finally working so I can finally come on the forum at home!! But i was wondering if i was up to date with all of my work.  I finished all of the assignments on the forum, well everything but the story, but i'm slowly working on that. Well if it's not too much trouble could you check if i was up to date with everything? Thanks a lot Mr. E!!

Awesome, Leslie!  I'll check and let you know.




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Part 2

Issues

 

Racism – As a lawyer Max Naiman defended every walk of life. One time he defended an African-American family who had been evicted from their home. The mother of the family accidentally hurt one of the officers when he went to go get them. The family thought they were doomed because they were going to be charged in front of a white jury. However Max defended them and the jury decided that they were not guilty.

 

Justice – Max Naiman once made defended a group of people who were peacefully protesting when the police arrested them. Max got them released since they had never done anything wrong. In this way he did an immense service to justice everywhere.

 

Politics – At one point in time unemployed miners in a small town in Illinois all got together and stacked furniture next to a monument. They wanted to show how the court rooms, real estate operators, and Main Street really treat pioneer families. This so infuriated everyone in power that they were charged with unlawful assembly.  However they eventually were released from the politics of the time and let go.

 

Equality – Everyone who Max Naiman worked with was looking for equality in their lives. He achieved this for many people all over the country. What he did can never be reversed and for that he is remembered today as a great equality worker.



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s.bailey

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Letter #1

My dearest President and Mrs Roosevelt;

Just a few lines to let you know, I am in good health, whishing this letter will fined your all well.

Mrs and Pres. Roosevelt, in the first place I must tell you my name, O.C. - 14 years old.

I am writing to you Pres. and Mrs Roosevelt, to ask if I may ask one question, but I must first tell you my story.

Well you see Pres. and Mrs Roosevelt, I was doctering for a while, with out my Mother and Dad knowing it, in fact they don't know it yet, & I owe Dr. Forney, $7.50. I haven't any idea how to earn this amount, I was doctering for an infected arm. Every time I went the Dr. charged me $1.50, & I went 5 times.

Could you kindly please help me Pres. and Mrs Roosevelt. Please don't write to my parents about me owing this money. But if you will kindly help me I will greatly, & certainly appreciate it. If you help me Pres. and Mrs Roosevelt, send my note or your letter, to this address.

O. C.
Milltown Public School
Milltown, N.J.

I will certinally appreate your help.

Let me tell you one more thing, Pres. and Mrs Roosevelt, this summer aunt Joan, is going to take me on a vacation down at West Virginia, & while were going, I'll stop in and visit you, and then you can see who I am. Hows that?

Pres. and Mrs Roosevelt, could you please send this amount by April 5. I'd like to pay this out, before my parents receive a bill from the Docters office. O.K. Please.

Sincerely, yours,
O. C.

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Dear O.C.,

            I am very sorry but I cannot help you. So many people write me for help, it would be impossible to help you all. I very much hope that your arm stays well. I advise that in the future, you tell your parents of injuries before you see a doctor, it is in very poor taste to lie, especially to your parents.

My dearest apologies,

Mrs. Roosevelt

Letter #2-

Granette, Ark.
Nov. 6, 1936

Dear Mrs. Roosevelt

I am writing to you for some of your old soiled dresses if you have any. As I am a poor girl who has to stay out of school. On account of dresses & slips and a coat. I am in the seventh grade but I have to stay out of school because I have no books or clothes to ware. I am in need of dresses & slips and a coat very bad. If you have any soiled clothes that you don't want to ware I would be very glad to get them. But please do not let the news paper reporters get hold of this in any way and I will keep it from geting out here so there will be no one else to get hold of it. But do not let my name get out in the paper. I am thirteen years old.

Yours Truly,
Miss L. H.
Gravette, Ark.
R #3
c/o A. H.

Response-

Dear Miss L.H.,

            I am very regretful, but I have no clothes to send you. I have already given my old clothing to certain persons. You can trust that I will not anyone fo the newspapers see your letter to me.

Mrs. Roosevelt

Letter #3-

Kismet, Kansas
Nov. 3, 1937
Dear Mrs. Rosevelt: I am 13 years old and will be 14 the 27 of this month. I am a victim of a shut in. I have been sick ever since the 12 of July. And have a very lonely place to stay. My parence's are very poor people. I cant even go to school yet with the other kids. And doubt if I can this year. I have nothing I can do but set around and I get so lonely I don't know what to do. And if you want to cheer me up and make me one of the happies boys in the world just send me some money to get a cheap raido. Ihave got proof by the neighbors that I am sick and have nothing to do. My parence names is Mr. + Mrs. A. J. M. My name is F. M. I live at Kismet. Many, many thanks if you would cheer me up that way I wouldn't spend it for nothing but a radio. It would pass my lonely time a way so much faster. I only ask for a cheep one. F. M.
Kismet, Kansas
P.S. If I had any thing to do I wouldent ask you of it. It will be highly appreached. I am in the dust bowl. We didn't raise any crop this year. And we have to live off of the releif and theres no injoyment out of that. But were thankful for it. My mother is sick and under the doctor's care most of the time and my Grandma that lives with me is very poorly. And that keeps my heart broken all the time. And nothing to amuse myself with.

thanks alot

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Dear F.M.,

I am very sorry to hear of you and your mothers illness, but it is impossible for me to elp you. I have already given out all my money for charity, and fear I have none to send you.

My deepest apologies and hope for your health,

Mrs. Roosevelt

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1)  Migrant mother from Oklahoma, 18 years old. This picture shows the extreme poverty "okies" were forced to live in.

2) This is a picture of a young girl, artelia bendolph, living in a resettlement housing project of Alabama. It shows the need for better housing, seeing as this was a very decent house during such times.

3) This pictures shows a man hard on luck. Jobless and homeless like so many others during the depression.

4) Another picture showing how deep in poverty migrant workers were.

5) A homeless man lying in the streets, as many others were forced to due, because of losing thier homes and savings.

Look for part 2


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s.bailey

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For some of these photos, i used quotes to explain thier importance.
6)   "My parents said that they would be back for me. They said they were going to look for work and they would be back soon. I was six weeks old when they left. They never came back."
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"In the third grade, my teacher announced a spelling bee. I was very excited because if you won, you received a prize of twenty-five cents. This was a lot of money. I studied very hard and was nervous, but I did win. My mother took my twenty-five cents to buy food."

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Abandoned tenant farmhouse in field of cotton in Wagoner County, Oklahoma. Displayes the utter uselessness of the land and conveys the sheer poverty and difficulties of the times.

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"During Christmas we never received toys. We could never afford them. My best Christmas was when I was in the first grade. My teacher gave every girl a doll and every boy a truck. I took the doll home and shared it with all my siblings. I was so happy to finally have a doll."

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Christmas dinner in home of Earl Pauley.  Near Smithfield, Iowa.  Dinner consisted of potatoes, cabbage, and pie. Tells of how holidays were wrought with hardship, and barely even times to rejoyce.


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ok so its 11:11 and i still need to finish some of this. is it possible that i can do it tomorrow? because im so tired and my eyes burn wicked bad. but im sure everyone else will appreciate it as well. please mr.e? .... im sorry im being such a pain.

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i must admit, Krystal has a point on this one. however, it's now 11:54 and everything else i post will probably be late, but i'll try to post as much as i can. i just got home, i can stay up a bit later  considering work tomorrow isn't as early as usual.
so i'll start on part 3, sorry mr.ev if i post it at like 1 or something.


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Part 2
People-
Doc Graham

My name is Doc Graham, I am the son of a missionary and an unsuccessful gambler. My family was always pretty poor since those were two professions without much money in them. I had four brothers and every one of them was in jail, I too went in and out of jail quite often. When I was pretty young I got involved with gangs like the Bugs Moran mob, we did the usual. We made money any way we could, it was never legal, we hijacked whiskey quite often and gambled some. Whenever I needed to make some money I’d get into boxing when I could. I was always getting injured though, and my hands got to be pretty bad, so I had to quit and go back liquor and gambling. You wouldn’t think it to look at me, but I was quite intelligent, I wasn’t just another rum runner, I was the brains behind the work.
I would also like to let it be known that FDR did nothing to save our country, things would have gotten better even without him. He was a no good crook and he was just hurting the innocent people who actually trusted him, I on the other hand voted against him four times. He was just not fit to serve me and he had to be one of the most crooked politicians to ever hold office in this country.
People today could really learn from my generation, we weren’t afraid of struggle, we persevered. We were nothing like the young people today we worked hard and we were respectful, we took pride in ourselves and our ingenuity in the face of such difficult times. If any of the people that I see today had to go through the same things as we did, they could never do it, they would have never survived like we did.


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Part 2
Events
Doc Graham

Prohibition really affected my life because I worked so closely with some of the rum runners and the mob. I helped bring alcohol to many people and the night prohibition was repealed we had a party, it was one of the best things to happen in the country in years.

The Great Depression had some affect on my family since we were so poor already because neither one of my parents really ever made much money before.

The election of FDR really got to me, I had always been strongly opposed to him and his policies. He really hurt the American people and abused their trust. I never trusted him and I voted against him four times. He did nothing for the country and he did not “save” it like so many misguided people like to say. The only thing that he ever did that was any good was repeal prohibition, other than that he was a con man to the American people.



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Part 2
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Doc Graham

Patriotism- When my generation was young we were respectful and we did what we had to do to stay alive all while keeping our dignity. We weren’t like the young people today who have no pride in their country and who try to rebel against the government, we had pride in ourselves and our country.

Economic Power- The people in this country who were working the same way that I did were the ones who were making the money, while any guy trying to make his living honestly couldn’t even pay his bills.

Politics- Franklin Roosevelt was the worst politician to ever hold office in this country, anyone who trusted his policies was a fool and didn’t see him for what he was, the way I did.

Rights- Today our government has gotten too strict, it is too involved in peoples’ lives and I really think that is the fault of Roosevelt. There are too many laws that interfere with people living their lives and getting by, it used to be that the government just collect taxes but now it is so much more.

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Kelsey Smith wrote:

Research on the Dust Bowl.

The dust bowl was a series of dust storms that took place in central United States and Canada from 1931 to 1939. These dust storms were due to years of inappropriate farming techniques. When removing the grass during plowing the soil dried out during the drought and the soil turned to dust and it blew eastwards. The drought took its record years between 1934 to 1936 and were marked for the nation. Once air bound the dust usually was carried in large black clouds, causing day to look like night. The soil was carried as far as Chicago and much of the dust was swept into the Atlantic Ocean. Over 500,000 Americans who lived in or the surrounding areas of the Great Plains migrated west in hope for work. After the dust bowl farmers were left with new farming techniques and methods, with soil conservation.


http://www.usd.edu/anth/epa/dust.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl

http://www.ptsi.net/user/museum/dustbowl.html




 


That was very interesting Kelsey, I did not know how the dust storms began or that the dust had traveled as far as Chicago. Were there many deaths as a result of these dust storms?

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Kelsey Smith wrote:

Amanda wrote:

Part 1 10 Facts:

1) The Works Progress Administration hired artists to create murals for public buildings from 1935 until 1943. This showed that art was an important part of the community and deserved to be supported by the federal government.

2) On August 31, 1939 at one of Los Angeles’ largest food processing plants, almost all of the 430 workers, who were mostly Mexican American women, staged a massive walkout to receive fair treatment from employers.

3) Workers in the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) earned $25 a month for their families and an extra $5 a month to spend on themselves.

4) When Franklin D. Roosevelt won the election, he had more than 57% of the popular vote.

5) Congress passed the Banking Act of 1933, this act strengthened the Federal Reserve System, established the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation), and it also insured individual deposits up to $5,000.

6) Many women complained that the CCC did nothing to help women and a few special camps were put together for them, but only 8,000 women joined the program, which already had close 3 million members.

7) Native Americans lost more than 60% of the 138 million acres that they were given in1887, when the government encouraged people to settle on the land and take on the “habits of civilized life.”

8) In the 1930’s more women held high government positions than any other administration before it.

9) Leisure became a problem in the 1930s and there were 450 books published by professionals.

10) After the fall of the motion picture industry in 1933, it experienced a rise in 1934 that was caused by a rise in attendance to movies.


Amanda what else did the Works Progress Administration do if anything else? When was it established? What kind of people were involved?




 


The Works Progress Administration was established in 1935 as a presidential order and was ended in 1943. It not only worked with the art community to provide jobs to workers, it also built many buildings such as libraries and airports, as well as roads, sewers parks, and highways. The WPA employed 8,500,000 workers for wages that were high at the time and workers were not allowed to work any more than thirty hours per week. The average workers that were involved with the WPA were unskilled laborers, but unemployed artists, writers and actors were employed by the WPA as well.

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Okay so i didn't even post where i got my sources from.
www.wikepedianecyclopedia.com
www.britannicaencyclopedia.com
The Amsco site that Mr. E gave us to look up

I think that's about all the sources i used.  Sorry..... i definitely forgot to post these.

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CRYSTAL wrote:

PART I

 
  1. The stock market crash revealed serious structural weaknesses in the financial and banking systems. The Federal Reserve Boared, fearing inflation, tightened credit—exactly the opposite of the actionit should have taken to fight a slowdown in purchasing.
 
  1. The stock market’s continued decline in 1930-1931 was in reponse to the European economic collapse that undermined international finance and trade.
 
  1. In 1930, an additional 1,300 banks failed. Many factories cut back on production, and some closed. U.S. Steel announced a 10 % wage cut in 1931. As the auto industry laid off workers, the unemployment rate rose to more than 40% in Detroit.
 
  1. The Wall Street Crash caused a spectacular business boom of the 1920s to collapse in October 1929. The stock prices had become both a symbol and a source of wealth during the 1920s. Millions of people did invest in the boom market of 1928 and millions lost their money in October 1929, when it collapsed.
 
  1. The effects of the Great Depression were great on economy. The U.S. Gross National Product—the value of all the goods and services produced by the nation in one year—dropped from $104 billion to $56 billiion in four years, while the nation’s income declined by over 50 percent. Some 20 percent of all banks closed, wiping out 10 million savings accounts. By 1933, the number of unemployed had reached 13 million people, or 25 percent of the workforce, not including farmers.
 
  1. Politically, Republican domination was at an end. The power of the federal government would increase significantly, as the people accepted dramatic changes in policies.
 
  1. Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) is a federally funded and government-owned corporation and was created by Congress early in 1932 as a measure for propping up faltering railroads, banks, life insurance companies, and other financial institutions. The RFC would help to stabilize these key businesses. The benefits would then “trickle down” to smaller businesses and bring recovery. The Democrats said that it would only help the rich.
 
  1. Farmers banded together to stop banks from foreclosing on their farms and evicting them from their homes. Farmers in the Midwest formed the Farm Holiday Association, which attempted to reverse the drop in prices by stopping the entire crop of grain harvested in 1932 from reaching the market. After some violence, the effort collapsed.
 
  1. The Election of 1932. 1932 was the depression’s worst year. The Republicans renominated Hoover, who warned that a Democratic victory would only result in worse economic problems.The Democrats nominated New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt for president and John Nance Garner of Texas for VP.
 10. The new president was Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his "new deal".


Hey Crystal!! Apparently i have to ask someone a question. So just happened to be seeing your post and just wanted to ask you a quick question. Well.... that's really hard because i thought you explained everything pretty well. Umm....umm... What was the main idea of Roosevelt's new deal?



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sarah wrote:

L. Gonzalez wrote:

10. Many of the veterans that fought in World War I were among those who were unemployed.  So they wanted to be able to receive some of their bonuses for taking part in the war.  Then in 1931 a bill was passed in Congress giving those veterans the opportunity to receive 50percent of those bonuses to help them at least get by.


I hadn't found this in the chapter.
Anyways. My question.

How much would 50 % of their bonuses amout to? And how was the government able to pay these bills off?



Well in the chapter it went on to explain that it all depended on the initial amount they were supposed to receive.  They fought and fought for this to happen. I'm sorry but that's all the information i was able to get. That is actually a really good question. That's all i really got from what i read on that in the chapter.



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ahem, ahem, ahem....*coughs*
welllllllllll, now that i have my internet back up i can answer leslie's question
*stalls*

hmmm, uhmmm....the new deal was to experiment with political solutions to economic problems. They dealt with the "three R's" ...reading, riting, rithmetic (just kidding! )
Relief for people out of work
Recovery for business and the economy as a whole
and Reform of American economic institutions.
 
i have to go to work in an hour, so tired.
but i have to finish part 3 now
valete omnes



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Part 3- Letters to/from Mrs. Roosevelt



Bangor, Mich.,
April 27, 1935.

Dear Mrs. Roosevelt:

I am appealing to you because I know you might be able to help me. I graduate this year and I haven't enough money to buy a dress. I give all I earn for food for the family.

I have been worried and this is the only solution I could come to. I need a light dress and as I am quite little I would need about size 14 or 15 in dresses. I would think it was the grace of God if I received just a plain little graduation dress.

I'll have to get along without white shoes although I've always craved a pair of pumps size 51/2 or 5's that I never will get until I get a job which I will work very hard to get.

If I had a lot of money I would take up a nurses course and work for charity. Just to get the pleasure of healing people.

Graduate May 28, "35"

P.S. It's only because I hate to go on the stage with the other girls in my shabby dress. My father works when he is able.

Your Pleaing Friend
Miss E.B.
Bangor, Michigan


Dear Miss E.B.,
I regret to say that I am unable to help you with your request. However, please take into consideration that whatever you wear will not be the judge of your character. The fact that you are graduating is the most important thing, and it is something to be proud of, no matter what you wear. I wish you the best of luck, dear girl.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Roosevelt


Dear Parents of Miss E.B.,
I apologize for not being able to comply to your daughter’s wishes of getting a new dress for her graduation. Please try to instill in her that what is most important is her education and not how her dress looks. Also, please try to tell her how proud of her you are that she has accomplished such a great task that a lot of people don’t get to finish when they’re in school. Graduating, more than anything is what should keep her head up among other people with great luxuries, and if she works hard and uses that education she will be able to buy that dress and many other things that she might want.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Roosevelt

Centerdale R.I
April 17, 1938

Dear Mrs. Roosvelt

I am writing to you to ask a big favor, the biggest favor anybody can ask. I would like to know if you would pay my way to Hollywood. You may think me crazy but I not. I mean every word I say. I know you may write back and say, lots of people ask you to pay their way to Hollywood or for some other reason, but this is different honest it is you've just got to believe in me your the only one that can help. Or you may say what can I do child. Well you could tell them that you sent me and you know I can act, I'm sure they would believe you, because you tell no fibes. Just think wouldn't you be proud if I became a great movie Star and you would say to your friends, She's the little girl who wrote to me and asked if she could go to Hollywood. And I've helped to make her a great Star. I would like to tell you all this in person and then you could see me, but I have no money for carfare and I don't want you to bother to give it to me. My Little mother is a sickly lady, she is lovely so small and sweet I love my little mother dearly and I want to help her all I can so this is why I am writing to you, It will also give me a future and bring proudness to my relatives. My Little mother has something wrong with her heart which these small Doctors dont know although they do try their best. So I thought if I went to Hollywood and earned enough money I would be able to give my Little mother the best Doctors and proper care. I am not writing this letter to Mr. Roosvelt because men don't understand things like us laides do, so I am writing to you because I know you understand. I have read and heard so many nice [missing text]

I know I can act because I make little plays which I get out of story books and act them out. Please tell Mr. Roosvelt that I'm terribly sorry he lost that Bill. I think Mr. Roosvelt is doing wonders. Please be sure and tell him this, it will make him feel much better. I told some of my friends about my Idea but they only laugh at me, and I get discouraged but when I look at my Little mother I run upstairs in my room and cry. I have Mr. Roosvelt's picture in my room and his name in big read and blue letters. And when I looked at his picture it gave me an Idea and my Idea was writing to you. Please Mrs. Roosvelt answer my letter, and please oh please say yes that you'll try your hardest. God will never forget you in the next world. And what you do for your father and mother will never be forgotton. My father is also a sickly man, he had two nervous breakdowns but never got over the second one. But I am a healthy child. I am fourteen years old. blue eyes, about sixty in. tall, weigh 105 1/2 pds, hair is long and curly sort of natural the color is light brown my complexion is very white. I have big eyes. Please trust in me with all your heart and I will trust in you with all my heart. Please just for my Little mother. (That's what I call her because she is so small.)

If you the Secretary should open this letter Before Mrs. Roosvelt please give it to her. Thank you.

A Little Girl who is still Unknown and Just Became Your Friend
J. I. A.


Dear J.I.A.,
I’m sorry I cannot comply to your wishes of going to Hollywood. I have received many requests similar to yours and have done the same. I regret that there is nothing I can do. I hope that you achieve your dream of going to Hollywood and I wish you the best of luck.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Roosevelt

Dear Mother of J.I.A.,
Your daughter is very worried about you and she wants to help you. Please let her know that you appreciate her efforts and that you are proud of her for trying to help you. Let her know that if she just keeps trying and is determined enough, she can accomplish her dreams of becoming a Hollywood star. I wish you the best of luck in life.

Sincerely, L
Mrs. Roosevelt


STANTONVILLE TENN

DEAR MRS. PRESIDENT

I AM A LITTLE GIRL 5 YEARS OLD I HAVE A LITTLE BROTHER HE CALLS ME SISTIE I CALL HIM BUZZIE. AFTER YOUR LITTLE GRAND CHILDREN. I WISH I HAD A SHIRLEY TEMPLE DOLL. DADY CANT NOT BUY ONE

I LOVE YOU

P. A. C.

Dear P.A.C.,

I regret to say that I can’t get you a Shirley temple doll. You must understand, dear child, that it is a very difficult time for our country and that simple luxuries such as a doll is hard to come by knowing that there are people out there without jobs or houses. Please understand that you must sacrifice a little bit and for now maybe you can make toys and play along with your little brother.


Sincerely,
Mrs. Roosevelt

Dear Parents of P.A.C.,
She seems like a very sweet child and I’m sorry that I cannot follow her request. I understand that you are unable to buy her one. Please try to explain about our difficult times and for her to wait until things get better for her to get her doll.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Roosevelt



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Okay, I'll be on and off line all night tonight checking the forum.  How are we going to attack this story???  My group is Tom and Amanda....

How are we going to start this??
(amanda i have your screen name from last year... If you are online I'll talk to you about it)

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Yeah, Brittney and Alex Z. you're in my group, and I know Alex you told us to write two more paragraphs for the story, but how is it going to be put together?...I hope you check this since you're hardly ever online lol

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Hey Crystal!! Thanx for answering my question!! That's exactly what i was thinking!!
Anyways...just wanted to say thanx for answering my post!! Hope you have a good night!! Adios Chica!!!

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Hi Mr. E!! Well apparently my group still hasn't responded to my post about the story!! What do you want me to do? Do you just want me to wait for tomorrow and talk to them or.....or do you just want me to start thinking on my own about what to write in my story? Just let me know what you want me to do!! Muchas Gracias!!

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Okay mr. e.....I cant get in touch with my group and I don't want to lose credit ... so i just typed up this quick story about my person and how he met the people in my group.....................................
              

Before everything turned grey, a young Buddy Blankenship told his father he no longer wished to attend school.  This was a common decision of the era, especially for small town boys like Buddy.  Therefore for many years he left with his father to work in the coal mines.  Buddy loved working in the summer because it was always a pleasure to leave the dusty dirt holes and enter into the beautiful, warm sunlight.   Unlike summers, winter was terrible and often times he had to hammer his father’s frozen boots out of the stirrups because the sweat on his feet had frozen solid.  Despite the hardships Buddy used to endure because of mine working, he enjoyed every bit of it and would never forget the happiness he felt working beside his father.
                When the stock market crashed in 1929 in October, Buddy and his father suddenly started to face more than the usual hardships.  Wages dropped and people lost their jobs.  Coal began to decrease and sooner or later they were out of their jobs.  Buddy and his family resorted to farming.  They didn’t make money, nor did they have any.  Instead, they lived off of the land.                  Buddy’s father met a man named Oscar Helein and introduced him to the family.  He was a farmer from some far away town who was suffering from extremely unfair bankers.  Buddy, who was past his adolescence now, became well acquainted with Mr. Helein and often talked about going into business with each other.  But after much though and the great opposition of his parents, Buddy decided to forget about the farming business.  He knew that feeding his family and remain independent was more important.  Buddy was not accustomed to the banking world and decided worrying about law suites were his least of priorities.  Oscar Helein disapproved of his decision and left the Blankenship household forever.                Although living off the land was some of the hardest living years of his life, Buddy loved it greatly.  He always tried to find the good in things and would never forget farm life.  He thought it was the best years of eating he’d ever had.                  Life was getting better and FDR’s New Deal was really starting to help out his town.  A pathetically small coal mine opened up, so Buddy and his father took advantage of it.  Wages were low, conditions were poor, and people were mean… however they made a living.                One man was new in town.  He looked like a tough guy and had a Chicago accent.  Rumors went around that he was illegally working at the mines.  His name was Doc Graham and sooner or later everyone began to fear him.  Buddy kept his distance.                Then one cold day Buddy’s father was shot.  Many say that a boy shot him, but instantly Buddy suspected the new fellow, Graham.  He immediately went to the police.  They handcuffed him and took him into the station discovering his police record was incredibly bad.  They threw him into jail for 10 weeks for questioning.  It ended up being that Mr. Graham was a con-man on the run and gangster from Chicago.  Buddy was so angry that he only got away with 10 weeks of jail for being a runaway criminal.  He knew severely believed Graham shot his father.                After many months of morning, Buddy began to continue his with his life.  He worked in the mine for as long as he could and married a nice gal named Jenny from the next town over.  They were a poor family but a happy family.  At least Buddy would never have to live through another depression.  He could guarantee the financial happiness of his family.

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Okay, Brittney and Alex Z., this is the part of the story that I came up with...idk if this will fit in with what you guys wrote, hopefully it does...

I’ve been involved in many strikes dealing with the labor movement, most of them ending with my arrest much like this last one. Except this time I’m not in the “usual” cell. I was transferred many miles away from my home to the outskirts of Hot Springs, Arkansas aka the middle of nowhere. Hopefully the conditions will be better then what I previously have experienced but I have my doubts. I have been hearing rumors of a jailbreak and although I’d appreciate the freedom those things can turn ugly fast…


Well, it’s been a four day trip to Hot Springs Arkansas. I must admit that the cells over here are more worse than those back home. They even have these electric chairs that I have never seen before. The trip over here wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. The inmates that I was traveling with and I were allowed to play cards in the back of the paddy wagon. This eased the bore in the long distance of traveling that we had to endure. We also stopped at this restaurant to try some of the fried chicken, and I must admit it was some of the best I had tasted in my life. While we were there I met the owner’s daughter, Robin Langston. She was so nice and polite. She shared some of her childhood stories with me, even though she was still a child herself. It was good to here someone else tell me how they felt about the current Depression, especially that of a younger person.


While we were eating lunch there, a vacationing photographer came in. He was taking a break from his rich lifestyle. Jerome Zerbe, as he introduced himself, overheard me and the little girl talking of our experiences during the Great Depression so far. He seemed rather interested in our stories. He too order some fried chicken. Jerome was also pleased with the taste it brought to his tongue. After conversing with us for some time, he asked if he could take our pictures. He explained that he was tired of photographing the rich lives of celebrities, and wanted to capture the lives of everyday people. He took a picture of myself and Robin while we were talking, to capture the very mood of the moment. He then took a picture of Robin and her family outside of their business. Jerome was hoping that this new type of style he was developing would attract the American people. He wanted to show how the people of the Depression were dealing with things.


He soon departed for the rest of his vacation, and I had to leave to be taken to the jailhouse. It was certainly an experience to remember, however, I hope to return home soon. I am getting sick of life in a cell and wish to go back to my normal state of living. At least I’ll only be in Hot Springs for a month, and then I’m free to go back home.



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1. unemployed men vying for jobs at the American Legion Employment Bureau in Los Angeles.


2. squatter's camp route 70 in Arkansas


3. These are Filipinos cutting lettuce, since employers from California recruited workers from China, Japan, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Mexico, the South, and Europe, because they wanted to maximize their ability to exploit farm workers.


4. Farmers and sons during the dust storm in Oklahoma, 1936.


5.World War I veterans block the steps of the Capital during the Bonus March in July 5, 1932.


6. one of the largest pea camps in california, February of 1936.


7.Gellert Hugo, 1924. Vote Communist Poster. In the mid-1930s it adopted a "popular front" policy of alliances with liberal organizations. It's members tripled, thousands of sympathizers who endorsed party-supported causes.


8. Demonstration of unemployed in Columbus, Kansas. May of 1936



9.The Porch of a sharecropper's cabin in Hale County, Alabama in the summer of 1936. The marginal and oppressive economy of sharecropping largely collapsed during the Great Depression.



10. On the way to Los Angeles, California in 1937. Approximately 2.5 million people abandoned their homes in the South and the Great Plains during the Great depression and went on the road.



finally the end. but still late, now off to school

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hey krystal and kristen what exactly are your people about and what are their names... umm please respond ASAP because i'll just have to do my part of the story pretty soon. Thanks

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Brandi wrote:

Part One Essay

Topic: Different ethnic groups during the Depression, mostly the Mexicans.

Hundreds of thousands of Mexicans that were brought the US to work in the 1920’s lost their jobs during the Depression.  In the southwest they found signs that said “Only White Labor Employed” and other horrible signs.  Some New Deal agencies actually strived to help the Mexicans during the Depression.  Some worked for the CCC and the WPA.  On the other hand, in order to be employed in a real job they had to qualify for state relief, and most immigrants did not.  The solution seemed to be to ship them back to Mexico.  Police from Los Angeles held aliens illegally.  In 1933, officials deported thousands of immigrants every month.  But come Mexicans remained and learned militant tactics that way they would obtain fair treatment.  On August 31, 1939, many Mexican American women walked out of the largest food processing plants in Los Angeles.  Thousands of Mexican coal miners also went on strike in Gallup, New Mexico.   Asians were also treated poorly during the depression.  They lost their jobs and were treated as foreigners.  Native Americans went through alienation and disease and also despair.  Government policy had tried to make Indians into farmers in poverty and tried to limit their tribunal rights.  They lost more than 60 percent of the land that was granted to them in 1887.  Franklin Roosevelt tried to help Indian affairs with the Reorganization Act of 1934, but not all Indians supported the act.  Many ethnics groups faced harshness during the depression that caused them to either lose their jobs, their land, or even their homes when they were forced back to their former homelands.


Is it safe to say that there were other races that were effected equally or more than the mexicans? What about the political position on the situation? why do you think the mexcans took onto coal mining so quickly.who was the most effected by the depression? was jog deprevation only popular in the south??...just the first questions i could think of....

um i think you should've gotten like the mexican perspective of this like what did they think of this ad maybe even what the other races thought of them.....other than that i think it's keep up the good work






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oh mr e sorry the work is late i'll be sending more today i'm in catching up mode ...i know it's a bout time


I just wanted to ask you too, are you still doing that 4 assignment exemption thing??? or did you decide to scratch that because if so i really just got a wake up call!!!

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Dear Mrs. Roosevelt, For some time I have wished to be aqainted with you. Or merly to receive a letter from you. I haved wish much to see you, but as I am a poor girl and have never been out of our state that will be impossible I guess. Mrs. Roosevelt since I have been in high school I have been studying modern things and conveniences. I took your family for my study. I have found the study to be the most interesting subjects I could have found. In the study I, at all times know where you are, by reading all papers I find at school and elsewhere. I find what you are doing. You may never had given this a thought, but to think over our daily lives there is a good story to it. My life has been a story to me and most of the time a miserable one. When I was 7 years old my father left for a law school and never returned. This leaving my mother and 4 children. He left us a small farm, but it could not keep us up. For when we went back to mother's people the renters would not give us part. and we were still dependent. I have been shoved to pillow to post that I feel very relieved to get off to my self. I am now 15 years old and in the 10th grade. I have always been smart but I never had a chance as all of us is so poor. I hope to complete my education, but I will have to quit school I guess if there is no clothes can be bought. (Don't think that we are on the relief.) Mother has been a faithful servent for us to keep us to gather. I don't see how she has made it. Mrs Roosevelt, don't think I am just begging, but that is all you can call it I guess. There is no harm in asking I guess eather. Do you have any old clothes you have throwed back. You don't realize how honored I would feel to be wearing your clothes. I don't have a coat at all to wear. The clothes may be too large but I can cut them down so I can wear them. Not only clothes but old shoes, hats, hose, and under wear would be appreciated so much. I have three brothers that would appreciate any old clothes of your boys or husband. I wish you could see the part of North Alabama now. The trees, groves, and every thing is covered with ice and snow. It is a very pretty scene. But Oh, how cold it is here. People can hardly stay comfortable. I will close now as it is about mail time. I hope to hear from you soon. (ans real soon) Your friend,
M. I.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Dear M.I.,My flattery and understanding of your situation is all the affects of your acts and for that I thank you. I would love to help you, your family and all the people affected by the depression. But, you must come to understand I just can’t help you the way you have asked me too simply because I have to be fair to all the other thousands of people who sending letters asking for clothes and other necessities to get by.  You seem like a smart, respectful young lady and I wish that one day all of your wishes will be fulfilled. You must come to understand that I just want the best for everyone affected by this depression. I think you’ll be relieved if I were to tell you I’ve been trying ever so hardly to make things better. I wish I could do more for you. but all I can do for you now is send you my condolences and possibly a little hope for a bright future. Sincerest apologies,Mrs. Eleanor D Roosevelt      Dear Mrs. Roosevelt, I am writing this letter in hopes that you will answer in my favor. My father H. C. has been in bed from a stroke for almost a year. We have no money and my brother works but makes $3.00 a week and there are eight in our family. My step-mother is very good to me and I try to help her. She takes in washings and I have to walk for six or eight blocks and then carry the washings home. I have to go of a morning before school and it has been very cold here. If you could send me a bicycle to ride when I go after washings for her I shall appreciate it. I am in eighth grade at school and work very hard to make passing grades. The Principal of the school bought two of my sisters and me a pair of slippers so we would not have to stay at home. If you would do this for me I shall be able to help my step-mother more. If you send me one I would like a girls bicycle. I am about 4 feet 3 inches tall so if you send me one you can judge as to what size. Loving and appreciating-
A. L. C.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Miss A.L.C,  I’m dearly sorry for your father’s condition I wish the best for him. Your brother is a very honorable man for trying to support your family under the worst conditions and that goes the same for your stepmother. The hardworking trait your family displays is honorable and that honor is inherited by you as I can see you are trying your hardest to support your family as well. For this I shall remember you by. Such compassion and good will is worth savoring as well as acknowledging. However, it is of regrettable sorrow that I have to deny your request of transportation. As much as I wish to I must be fair to all the other thousands in the same position you are in. Know though, that I’m trying to do my best to get you’ll out of the horrible situation you live through today. I will help you, your family, and everyone else in other ways   All I can send to you now is my condolences and possibly hope for a brighter future. Sincerely,Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt       Dear Mrs. Rosevelt: I am 13 years old and will be 14 the 27 of this month. I am a victim of a shut in. I have been sick ever since the 12 of July. And have a very lonely place to stay. My parence's are very poor people. I cant even go to school yet with the other kids. And doubt if I can this year. I have nothing I can do but set around and I get so lonely I don't know what to do. And if you want to cheer me up and make me one of the happies boys in the world just send me some money to get a cheap raido. Ihave got proof by the neighbors that I am sick and have nothing to do. My parence names is Mr. + Mrs. A. J. M. My name is F. M. I live at Kismet. Many, many thanks if you would cheer me up that way I wouldn't spend it for nothing but a radio. It would pass my lonely time a way so much faster. I only ask for a cheep one. F. M.
Kismet, Kansas
P.S. If I had any thing to do I wouldent ask you of it. It will be highly appreached. I am in the dust bowl. We didn't raise any crop this year. And we have to live off of the releif and theres no injoyment out of that. But were thankful for it. My mother is sick and under the doctor's care most of the time and my Grandma that lives with me is very poorly. And that keeps my heart broken all the time. And nothing to amuse myself with. thanks alot ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Dear F.M.  Your story brings sorrow to my heart. you like many thousands of people of this nation are victims o this depression. You being quarantined makes your situation more sorrow stricken. but you see I have to disappoint you by saying I cannot ultimately give you what you desire. I get thousands of letters a day asking a lot for me and I’ve decided to be nothing but fair with all the citizens. I have decided to do something that everyone can benefit with and I just wanted you to know things will get better. I wish the best for your future but all I can give you now is hope. Sincerest apologies,Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt      part 2  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/ppmsc/00200/00234r.jpgmost people greatly effected by the depression had trouble keeping them and their families constantly and thoroughly clothed never mind paying for food on a daily basis. This is how bad economically America is effected by the depression http://hoover.nara.gov/research/photos/1932-96.htmlthis is a display of world war I veterans gathering at Washington for their pay under the he bonus act. Unfortunately  the bill never got passed and it lead to a lot of resigning veterans. It would leave them with a smaller military force for a while. It actually ended with a violence as you may know but it’s another unnecessary event caused by the depression  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/ppmsc/00200/00241r.jpgthe Depression was very hard on the farmers of the age. Ones in the mid west were especially effected by the constant dust storms that would completely exterminate a years worth of cropping in a matter of seconds. A hard honest worker was now being denied the right to live happily with a transition to little pay to no pay http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/ppmsc/00200/00232r.jpgsharecropping is out and replaced by the power planters. The tenant farmers couldn’t keep up with the debt and had to sell their land for the extra money to pay off for food and other necessities. The power farmers were also hurt with the AAA which would sometimes take as much as 25%of there holdings without say. It almost gave no fair involvement with the smaller sharecroppers http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fahome.htmlThis picture is of a man, a hobo specifically. He so impoverished and hungry he’s actually forced to kill an innocent turtle and make “turtle soup”  literally just to keep alive. http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/depression/images/jobbureau.jpgConditions were so bad as far as job availability people practically fought to get a job paying as small as three dollars a week under the relief programs like CCC or like here in the American Legion Employment bureau http://hoover.nara.gov/research/photos/1931-36.htmla lot of banks closed down millions of dollars along with bank accounts  were lost as an effect  of the stock crash of 1929  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/ppmsc/00200/00238r.jpg\Mexicans and other immigrants got the cruelest treatment during the depression. They were denied most decent waged jobs and forced to work for little under cruel conditions mostly on farms and in factories.  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.htmlthis is another examples of how scarce money for luxuries came about. This is a group of homeless men gathering together celebrating Christmas with a foot tall tree  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fahome.htmla picture of a migrant family of Puerto Rico just another emphasis on how bad the depression has effected the US territories. Discrimination also made things harder for the minorities of the US




wow that took tlonger than i thougt i think i'll get back to you on the oth parts Mr. e once again sorry so late !!!! but look i'm making progress


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i'm sorry about the last post i don't know why they keep ending up like that !!

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steven wrote:

oh mr e sorry the work is late i'll be sending more today i'm in catching up mode ...i know it's a bout time


I just wanted to ask you too, are you still doing that 4 assignment exemption thing??? or did you decide to scratch that because if so i really just got a wake up call!!!


4 assignment exemption what???



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steven

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yah the whole thing you said you we're going to do in the beginning of the semester when you gave us the sheet of paper with what to expect for the semester and you said , at least i think you siad we had a certain number that we didn't have to do ....... please tell me you remember at least a little of this ....if not then i'm afraid i may be going crazy!!

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Yeh i remember that. U said that when u gave us the sheet on wut to expect mr e.



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How our characters meet up

Actors: Dorothy Day, Bob Stinson, and Arthur Robertson

Scene: Streets of Michigan. Bob and Dorothy are outside of a plant for the strike, Arthur Robertson happened to be walking on the street that the plant is on.

 

Arthur: what’s going on here?

Bob: plants on strike.

Arthur: doesn’t surprise me, one of my buddy’s worked at a factory. It closed and he tried to throw himself off one of the smoke stacks. But anyway do you know where I can find the pumpernickel restaurant

Dorothy: take a left at the corner and walk two blocks down it’ll be on your right.

Arthur: thank you sister, what are you doing here?

D: You’re welcome. You should stay and watch there’s bound to be something good happen. I’m a social activist and they may ask me to make a motivational speech about this whole situation.

B: maybe you could help me with my situation then.

A: I could probably help you too, considering I am a very respectable business man, and I know all about the economic world.

D: Arthur, I’ll have you know that this strike has a lot more meaning than just economics, this strike symbolizes your rights as not only an American citizen, but also as a worker.

B: I have rights? Tell me about these rights Dorothy.

D: Well these rights are stated simply in your Constitution. There are many rights you have as a person living in this country. Poor and unfair treatment in the workplace is forbidden, which is why you are out here on strike.

A: Don’t forget about wages, can’t forget about the money. I never forget about money, I’m a business man.

D: Well you are supposed to be making at least minimum wage too.



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steven wrote:

yah the whole thing you said you we're going to do in the beginning of the semester when you gave us the sheet of paper with what to expect for the semester and you said , at least i think you siad we had a certain number that we didn't have to do ....... please tell me you remember at least a little of this ....if not then i'm afraid i may be going crazy!!

Oh yeah.  It's here http://www.engineofsouls.com/file-125.pdf.  I almost forgot about that in all of the fun. 



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Picture essay.



a family living during the great depression. making more jobs avaliable
helped in making life alot easier for American people as you can tell life
wasnt so easy for a larger family as this one with young children.


strikes got to the so bad that workers actually stayed in the factories to prevent from being replaced by new workers who could be payed less.


theaters being separated due to color/ race also was a problem during the
depression because if instead of decriminating against each other if both
races helped one another i feel it would have been alot easier.



this is the type of houses people are forced to live in and raise a family
under due to the great depression and lack of income.


this is a group of men looking and hoping to get a job. even
though the job may not and most likely will no be permanent
it still would help in survival.



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a homeless and starving family.


a demonstrations being performed by unemployed workers.


a wealthier families kitchen

people living in poverty


about 2.5 million people left their homes in the south during the great
depression.


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letters from mrs roosevelt

Granette, Ark. Nov. 6, 1936

Dear Mrs. Roosevelt

I am writing to you for some of your old soiled dresses if you have any. As I am a poor girl who has to stay out of school. On account of dresses & slips and a coat. I am in the seventh grade but I have to stay out of school because I have no books or clothes to ware. I am in need of dresses & slips and a coat very bad. If you have any soiled clothes that you don't want to ware I would be very glad to get them. But please do not let the news paper reporters get hold of this in any way and I will keep it from geting out here so there will be no one else to get hold of it. But do not let my name get out in the paper. I am thirteen years old.

Yours Truly,
Miss L. H.
Gravette, Ark.
R #3
c/o A. H.


Reply Letter

Dear Miss H:

I am truly sorry to hear of your struggles during this very hard time. As much as i would love to help you along with the rest of the letters i receive daily. I feel terrible to reply that I am unable to comply with your request. As there are many other children who are in need of clothing as well. Make sure to stay in school and try your hardest even under the hardest circumstances. Please feel my deepest sympathies.

Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Roosevelt

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Dear Mrs. Roosevelt,

I am a little girl 12 years old. I would like to have a bicycle so much.

My Daddy has been out of work for such a long time and now he is only working 2 + 3 days a week and cannot afford to buy one for me.

So I am working hard to earn one, by selling 9, 3 year subscriptions for the "Ladies Home Journal or The Saturday Evening Post.

I know you are a wonderful lady. I always read all I can about you. I love to read about great people so much. I wonder if you would subscribe for these magazine, and help me earn a bicycle, I surely will appreciate your kindness.

I will be waiting to hear from you.

I am E. E.


Reply

Dear Miss E. E.

I am very proud to hear that you are trying to earn the bicycle on your own. That shows true dedication. As much as I would love to help you in achieving your goal at this difficult time I am currently not able to. Please keep your head high child and you will achieve all in which you hope for.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Roosevelt
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DEAR MRS. PRESIDENT

I AM A LITTLE GIRL 5 YEARS OLD I HAVE A LITTLE BROTHER HE CALLS ME SISTIE I CALL HIM BUZZIE. AFTER YOUR LITTLE GRAND CHILDREN. I WISH I HAD A SHIRLEY TEMPLE DOLL. DADY CANT NOT BUY ONE

I LOVE YOU

P. A. C.


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Dear Miss P.A.C

Thats adorable that you use the names after my grandchildren. I wish I could send you your Shirley Temple Doll but at this time it's nearly impossible. I do appologize just keep your chin up deary and one day you will have your Shirley Temple doll.

Sincerely yours.
Mrs. Roosevelt


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STANTONVILLE TENN

DEAR MRS. PRESIDENT

I AM A LITTLE GIRL 5 YEARS OLD I HAVE A LITTLE BROTHER HE CALLS ME SISTIE I CALL HIM BUZZIE. AFTER YOUR LITTLE GRAND CHILDREN. I WISH I HAD A SHIRLEY TEMPLE DOLL. DADY CANT NOT BUY ONE

I LOVE YOU

P. A. C.

Response:

Im glad to hear that even during these hard times you and your brother are still able to keep a close bond with each other. I know that during this time it is difficult to keep your head up and think of all the things to be grateful for in life - family, health, and the hope for a better tomorrow. In a way you remind me of myself when I was a little girl, my favorite toy was a doll I received one Christmas that had long brown hair and big blue eyes. Im sorry that I am not able to send you a doll at this time, but I can send you and your family my love and deepest sympathy. My promise to you is that I am giving my greatest effort to build a better tomorrow for everyone in need.

Best wishes and deepest apologies,

Mrs. Roosevelt

Dear Mrs. Roosevelt,

For some time I have wished to be aqainted with you. Or merly to receive a letter from you. I haved wish much to see you, but as I am a poor girl and have never been out of our state that will be impossible I guess.

Mrs. Roosevelt since I have been in high school I have been studying modern things and conveniences. I took your family for my study. I have found the study to be the most interesting subjects I could have found. In the study I, at all times know where you are, by reading all papers I find at school and elsewhere. I find what you are doing. You may never had given this a thought, but to think over our daily lives there is a good story to it.

My life has been a story to me and most of the time a miserable one. When I was 7 years old my father left for a law school and never returned. This leaving my mother and 4 children. He left us a small farm, but it could not keep us up. For when we went back to mother's people the renters would not give us part. and we were still dependent. I have been shoved to pillow to post that I feel very relieved to get off to my self.

I am now 15 years old and in the 10th grade. I have always been smart but I never had a chance as all of us is so poor. I hope to complete my education, but I will have to quit school I guess if there is no clothes can be bought. (Don't think that we are on the relief.) Mother has been a faithful servent for us to keep us to gather. I don't see how she has made it.

Mrs Roosevelt, don't think I am just begging, but that is all you can call it I guess. There is no harm in asking I guess eather. Do you have any old clothes you have throwed back. You don't realize how honored I would feel to be wearing your clothes. I don't have a coat at all to wear. The clothes may be too large but I can cut them down so I can wear them. Not only clothes but old shoes, hats, hose, and under wear would be appreciated so much. I have three brothers that would appreciate any old clothes of your boys or husband. I wish you could see the part of North Alabama now. The trees, groves, and every thing is covered with ice and snow. It is a very pretty scene. But Oh, how cold it is here. People can hardly stay comfortable.

I will close now as it is about mail time. I hope to hear from you soon. (ans real soon)

Your friend,
M. I.

Response:

Dear M.I.,

I am truly sorry to hear about the hard times that you and your family have endured. To have gone through so much you are a very clear headed and intelligent young lady. Your mother also sounds like a very intelligent lady and I admire her will power. My sympathy goes out to you and your family, I wish that I could send you new clothes or even money but I have had an unbelievable amount of requests for the same things from many needy families, and find it impossible to comply to them all. Me and my husband are working hard to create charitable organizations that will aid your family and many other families as well. Please try your hardest to stay in school, your education will get you through this and will save you a spot for your future. You are a bright girl with much better days ahead of you. You and your family are in my prayers.

Sincerly,

Mrs. Roosevelt

Dear Mrs. Roosevelt

I am a girl sixteen years old. Last May I beg my father to buy an electric refrigerator for mother on Mother's day. We had talked about buying one with her. She thought it was not a very wise thing to do, because we could not afford to pay cash. I wanted it so very bad that my father bought it. He agreed to pay monthly payments of seven dollars and twenty two cents. What mother had said proved to be right. For two weeks after we bought the refrigerator I took sick with a serious kidney ailment which confined me to my bed from May twenty until Nov. twenty-second. I am just recovering from a delicate operation. I came home from the hospital Nov. eighth and my father was layed off after working for the railroad fifteen years. Many a girl of my age is hoping that on Christmas morn they will find a wrist watch, a handbag, or even a fur coat. But my one and only wish is to have father and mother spend a happy Christmas. Mrs. Roosevelt I am asking of you a favor which can make this wish come true. I am asking you to keep up our payments until my father gets back to work as a Christmas gift to me. Though father worked part time for quite a while we never lost anything for the lack of payments. If the refrigerator was taken away from us father and mother would think it a disgrace.

I close hoping with all my heart that my letter will be consider. Mrs. Roosevelt you may rest assure that I have learnt my lesson.

I am respectfully yours
J.B.
Springfield, Mass

Response:

Dear J.B.,

I am sorry to hear about your situation and the hardships your family is facing. I wish I could send you what you have requested but due to the amazing amount of letters I have received for similiar requests I am unable to send you these things. However, I can send you my prayers and love in place of the material things in which you have requested. I know this may not help in any way, but as hard as it is to stray away from the desires of material things your main focus now should be your health and your families. Stay strong and take care of eachother, never give up on your dreams- we will all rise above this.

Sincerly,

Mrs. Roosevelt

better late than never i guess.



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Unemployed men practically begged for jobs that paid very low wages, but would support their family nonetheless. They were desperate to find any way out of the horrible financial situations during the Depression.

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A family feeling the crippling effects of the Great Depression. Adults were usually unemployed at this time and unable to feed, cloth, or send their children to school. The family in this picture is obviously living in poverty, wearing soiled clothing and living in a small shack.

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A farmer and his sons try to escape the awful dust storms that swept the region during this time. Land was destroyed and it was impossible for farmers to grow any money, thus they had no income to support their family with.

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A desperate mother with her children. They lived in a small, open tent that had no protection from the conditions. She had sold everything she owned just to feed her children and herself, and sadly lost hope with each passing day.

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A freight car that was turned into a house - unemployment and poverty was so bad during this time that people would do anything to stay sheltered. Not only were freight cars converted into homes but also cardboard boxes and tents made of sticks and old blankets.

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Two young boys wait in line at a soup kitchen for what would most likely be their only meal for the day. Many Americans relied on these soup kitchens as their only means of getting by.

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For many conditions became so bad that they had to go to unbelievable extremes to survive. This man lived in what they called a "hobo jungle" and became so desperate he decided to use a turtle to make soup.

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Men would come day after day, week after week, and month after month to wait outside employment offices for their chance at a job. Many men were left unemployed until the Depression had passed, and those who were hired worked long hours for little money.

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A sharecroppers abandoned land due to the collapse in the economy of sharecropping during the Great Depression.

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Even though these men live in poverty they still keep their spirits alive with a Christmas tree. Amazingly during the darkest of times families who suffered during the depression managed to stick together and keep a positive attitude toward the future.



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The Great Depression ProjectPart IIPeople

I am an artist, a photographer, and a spoiled brat. I can recall no Great Depression, no so-called Crash. The thirties were a time of glamour and partying, and I was at the top of it all.
At the start of the thirties, I was living in Paris off of my fathers allowance after having graduated from Yale University two years prior. My father owned several mines back home in Ohio, so I was able to live the good life across the Atlantic until one day when my father sent a note that read: no more money. That single moment was the worst in my life, but thankfully years of being surrounded by gross wealth amid supposed despair and poverty wiped that memory clean!

I went back to the U.S. and ended up working as the art director for Parade magazine. Soon I was offered a job as a photographer for The Rainbow Room, a night club at the Rockefeller Center. The pay was good and the job was enjoyable enough, but when John Perona offered me the same job at the El Morocco, I took it without hesitating, and its been party-central since.
Here at the El Morocco I photographed and hobnobbed with everyone from Salvador Dalí to Katherine Hepburn, from Rose and Will Vanderbilt to King Paul of Greece! Capturing glamour and sharing it with people all over the world is what I do, no matter the circumstances.
Ive seen no bread lines, I know of no good thats come from the New Deal, and I know of no depression.

I am Jerome Zerbe.
Events

Twenty-First Amendment - ended prohibition, set nightclubs on fire (not literally)

WWII - served as a photographer and traveled with celebrities that entertained troops
government taking over mines - father ran out of money

IssuesPatriotism - those hit hard by the Great Depression found comfort in knowing that there were still those in America that had money

Economic Power - people who still had money controlled a great deal of the media during that time, like Zerbe and those he worked for

Prejudice - Zerbe and other wealthy folk of the 30s thought they were better than the poor

Equality/Justice - shouldnt those with such money have spent their time helping the poor and hurting instead of taking pictures of themselves for all to see?
Part III
Dear Mrs. Roosevelt - Letters from Children of the Great Depression
Dear Mrs. Roosevelt I am writing to you for some of your old soiled dresses if you have any. As I am a poor girl who has to stay out of school. On account of dresses & slips and a coat. I am in the seventh grade but I have to stay out of school because I have no books or clothes to ware. I am in need of dresses & slips and a coat very bad. If you have any soiled clothes that you don't want to ware I would be very glad to get them. But please do not let the news paper reporters get hold of this in any way and I will keep it from geting out here so there will be no one else to get hold of it. But do not let my name get out in the paper. I am thirteen years old. Yours Truly, Miss L. H. Gravette, Ark. R #3 c/o A. H. Dear Miss H.,I am sorry that you cannot attend school, for unfortunately there are many who do not have such a privilege. However, in this land, everyone has the opportunity to achieve an education, and a lack of clothing is no reason to miss such an opportunity, such a gift.Your clean dress, slips, and coat should all arrive shortly.Sincerely,Mrs. Roosevelt
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Dear Mrs. Roosevelt I am a girl sixteen years old. Last May I beg my father to buy an electric refrigerator for mother on Mother's day. We had talked about buying one with her. She thought it was not a very wise thing to do, because we could not afford to pay cash. I wanted it so very bad that my father bought it. He agreed to pay monthly payments of seven dollars and twenty two cents. What mother had said proved to be right. For two weeks after we bought the refrigerator I took sick with a serious kidney ailment which confined me to my bed from May twenty until Nov. twenty-second. I am just recovering from a delicate operation. I came home from the hospital Nov. eighth and my father was layed off after working for the railroad fifteen years. Many a girl of my age is hoping that on Christmas morn they will find a wrist watch, a handbag, or even a fur coat. But my one and only wish is to have father and mother spend a happy Christmas. Mrs. Roosevelt I am asking of you a favor which can make this wish come true. I am asking you to keep up our payments until my father gets back to work as a Christmas gift to me. Though father worked part time for quite a while we never lost anything for the lack of payments. If the refrigerator was taken away from us father and mother would think it a disgrace. I close hoping with all my heart that my letter will be consider. Mrs. Roosevelt you may rest assure that I have learnt my lesson. I am respectfully yours J.B. Springfield, Mass Dear Miss B.,Your honesty and willingness to learn inspires me, and I must commend you on your noble intentions. However, here in America right now there are to many people struggling for me to be able to support your family in such a manor, but to be honest, I dont think you need my help.You seem to be recovering well, which is the most important thing right now. However, your family should not consider it a disgrace to have the refrigerator taken away. On the contrary! They should be excited to know they have a healthy, intelligent, and conscientious daughter. That, my dear, is worth far more than any refrigerator.Please write back to me if you become ill again.Sincerely,Mrs. Roosevelt
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Dear Mrs. Rosevelt: I am 13 years old and will be 14 the 27 of this month. I am a victim of a shut in. I have been sick ever since the 12 of July. And have a very lonely place to stay. My parence's are very poor people. I cant even go to school yet with the other kids. And doubt if I can this year. I have nothing I can do but set around and I get so lonely I don't know what to do. And if you want to cheer me up and make me one of the happies boys in the world just send me some money to get a cheap raido. Ihave got proof by the neighbors that I am sick and have nothing to do. My parence names is Mr. + Mrs. A. J. M. My name is F. M. I live at Kismet. Many, many thanks if you would cheer me up that way I wouldn't spend it for nothing but a radio. It would pass my lonely time a way so much faster. I only ask for a cheep one. F. M. Kismet, Kansas P.S. If I had any thing to do I wouldent ask you of it. It will be highly appreached. I am in the dust bowl. We didn't raise any crop this year. And we have to live off of the releif and theres no injoyment out of that. But were thankful for it. My mother is sick and under the doctor's care most of the time and my Grandma that lives with me is very poorly. And that keeps my heart broken all the time. And nothing to amuse myself with. thanks alot Dear Mr. F.,I am sorry to hear that you are so sick, and I hope and pray that you may feel better soon, Lord willing.As for your boredom, I can assure you that a radio is not the only cure for it. However, given your current condition and the increasing technology around us, I think a radio is indeed exactly what you need. After I rest here at the White house a while Ill be back on the road, and Ill be passing through your hometown as of seven minutes ago. Your receive your not-so cheap radio then. Until then, I recommend counting the stars; Ive always wanted to know how many are up there.See you shortly!Sincerely,Mrs. Roosevelt

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Photo Essay of the Great Depression

All photos from http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/depression/photoessay.htm (starting from the bottom up, consecutively)
#1 - Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. In the mill village at the sugar mill. Jan. 1942. Photographer: Jack Delano.
The depression in America affected more than just Americans
#2 - Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. Strikers near the sugar mill. Jan. 1942. Photographer: Jack Delano.
and demonstrations werent unique to the U.S., either.
#3 - Upstairs bedroom of family on relief, Chicago, Illinois. April 1941. Photographer: Russell Lee.

The word relief is interesting here - relief from what on top of this? It makes me better appreciate all that I have here and now.#4 - Durham, North Carolina, May 1940. Photographer: Jack Delano. "At the bus station."Despite the hard times, people maintained racist feelings fairly well. However, the depression ended up leveling the playing field a bit.#5 - Young boys waiting in kitchen of city mission for soup which is given out nightly. Dubuque, Iowa. April 1940. Photographer: John Vachon. For millions, soup kitchens offered the only food they would eat.People were desperate for food, so kids like these (and like my grandfather at the time) would wait in lines for something to help them at least make it to the next day.#6 - Selling apples, Jacksonville, Texas. October, 1939. Photographer: Russell Lee. Many tried apple-selling to avoid the shame of panhandling. In New York City, there were over 5,000 apple sellers on the street.Farmers were hit hard by the Dust Bowl, but they did what they could.

#7 - Man in hobo jungle killing turtle to make soup, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sept. 1939. Photographer: John Vachon.

It was either eating something like a turtle or starving for people like this, and personally I think Id go with the turtle.

#8 - Relief line waiting for commodities, San Antonio, Texas. March 1939. Photographer: Russell Lee.

Those who were not devastated by the crash would help those who were, but the disproportional ratio between the two caused lines like these.

#9 - Mexican woman arranging things in her shack home. San Antonio, Texas. March 1939. Photographer: Russell Lee.

Discrimination was still around, especially in the South, but people like this Mexican woman made do with what they could.

#10 - Squatters in Mexican section in San Antonio, Texas. House was built of scrap material in vacant lot in Mexican
section of San Antonio, Texas. March 1939. Photographer: Russell Lee.

An image like this really makes me appreciate my home, but they simply didnt have much of a choice.

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My apologies for the crazy spacing, but that's what I get for having Microsoft Works.

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