Friday, June 3, 2011

How did the great depression in america changed people's lives?

hi, this is for my english homework, and i am completely stuck

thanks!How did the great depression in america changed people's lives?banks failed so savings were lost. The govt didn't back up deposits back then.

Unemployment hit 25% so many folks lost their jobs.

Many people lost their homes and were forced to live in tent cities called %26quot;hoovervilles%26quot; names after President Hoover who presided over the beginning of the depression.

In response to the Great Depression, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt enacted the New Deal which still affects us all today. One New Deal program you've heard of is Social Security.How did the great depression in america changed people's lives?Many Americans starved to death, stockbrokers apparently jumped from windows, and a crime wave swept the country costing lots more lives. Pretty life changing stuff.How did the great depression in america changed people's lives?Read a book about it! Lazy! God, I graduated over a year ago and even I didn't stoop this low. If anything use a search engine. It's not a hard topic by the way.