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Dorothea Lang. “Photograph of an 18-Year Old Mother from Oklahoma During the Great Depression” http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/fsa/lang.html
- Circa March 1937
- Oklahoma, Great Depression
- Everyday Life During the Great Depression http://drake.marin.k12.ca.us/academics/comacad/decades%2000/1930's/The%20Great%20Depression.html
- During the depression many children took on greater responsibilities at an earlier age than later generations would. Some teenagers found jobs when their parents could not, reversing the normal roles of provider and dependent. Sometimes children had to comfort their despairing parents.
- The depression's impact was less dramatic, but ultimately more damaging, for minorities in America than for whites. By 1932 about 50 percent of he nation's black workers were unemployed. Blacks were frequently forced out of jobs in order to give them to unemployed whites.SSSbottom
Farming in the 1930’s “Going to School” http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/life_21.html
- Country schools went through hard times in the 1930s. The value of farm land plummeted, and that meant that property taxes that supported schools fell as well. During the Great Depression, some school districts couldn't pay their teachers.
- One-room grade schools were still common in York County, Nebraska, and other Great Plains states. Children from several grades sat in one room, often led by a teacher not much older than the students.
- The dust and heat or snow and cold sometimes made it hard for children to learn and for teachers to teach. Teenagers sometimes had to quit school to work full time on the family farm. Sometimes young people left home in search of jobs off the farm. (S-top)
Like many farm children, Herman Goertzen rode his horse to grade school. When he got to school, he slapped the horse on the rump, and the horse trotted back to the farm. After school, Herman walked home, about a mile and a half. Stop
Annette Lamb. “The topic the Great Depression” http://www.42explore2.com/depresn.htm
- Easier - The 'Great Depression' was a period in United States History when business was poor and many people were out of work.
- The Depression became a worldwide business slump of the 1930's that affected almost all nations. It led to a sharp decrease in world trade as each country tried to protect their own industries and products by raising tariffs on imported goods. Some nations changed their leader and their type of government. In Germany, poor economic conditions led to the rise to power of the dictator Adolf Hitler. The Japanese invaded China, developing industries and mines in Manchuria. Japan claimed this economic growth would relieve the depression. This militarism of the Germans and Japanese eventually led to World War II (1939-1945).
- In the United States, President Herbert Hoover held office when the Great Depression began. The economy continued to slump almost every month. Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected President in 1932. Roosevelt's 'new deal' reforms gave the government more power and helped ease the depression. The Great Depression ended as nations increased their production of war materials at the start of World War II. This increased production provided jobs and put large amounts of money back into circulation. Sbottom
Hedge, Mrs.. Personal Interview. 05 May 2006.