The Great Depression

The Great Depression was not only a significant event in American history, but it also had a catastrophic effect on people all over the world. This image was of a mother with seven kids during the Great Depression. This was obviously a traumatic event for her, as it was for so many people. This image was showing what happened to the majority of people. Those few who were able to escape it were definitely lucky. At the worst part of the Great Depression after the stock market crash of 1929, the unemployment rate in the US drastically increased, even going up to 25%, while we have a problem with 9.1% in more modern times. In other countries, their rates went up to 33%. Many people had to give up everything that they had because they couldn’t afford it anymore. So many people had their lives entirely uprooted because of the catastrophe. They had to deal with a completely different economic situation and the devastation of an economic system that would last for many years, and would still have problems in the future. The Great Depression has a lasting impact on our economy and our nation's history. Still, no one wants to pick up all of the pieces from a problem that they didn't cause. Even though we weren't around to see it, we can understand what that must have been like for them.