Essay Archive - A Look Back on the Great Depression of 1936
A Look Back on the Great Depression of 1936
The Great Depression was a time of tremendous poverty and depravation.
It put many hard-working men and women out of their jobs and sources of income.
It left many wholesome, decent, families out on the street, homeless; their
pride and dignity stripped of them. Many people would be left to starve,
without money to buy food or pay for shelter. Some people even turned against
their own friends so that they could support their families. Many became
oblivious to the needs of others and thought only of how they themselves could
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