Great Depression In America
It is common knowledge that the Great Depression was one of the most challenging eras to ever cross the United States. Most were unemployed and struggled to support their families, while the wealthy were virtually unaffected. In began as a result of the stock market crashing on October 1929 and lasted ten years until 1939. By 1933, fifteen million Americans were unemployed and several of the country's banks had collapsed. It is common knowledge that the Great Depression was one of the most challenging eras to ever cross the United States. Most were unemployed and struggled to support their families, while the wealthy were virtually unaffected. In began as a result of the stock market crashing on October 1929 and lasted ten years until 1939. By 1933, fifteen million Americans were unemployed and several of the country's banks had collapsed. “On October 24, 1929, as nervous investors began selling overpriced shares en masse, the stock market crash that some had feared
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White people thoroughly believed that if they were out of work., then blacks were not allowed have jobs. In the south, lynchings had become popular; whether it was legal or not, people would hang others from trees to make statements, or prove a point . Most of these people would be from the Ku Klux Klan, or KKK, and they would illegally kidnap someone who they felt was guilty and torture them. and eventually lynch them.African Americans were not able to obtain jobs during the 1930s. Because the early nineteen hundred's decades were during segregated times, white supremacy, so if whites were laid off or unemployed, African Americans were not allowed to have jobs. About 50% of African American were out of work, while the Caucasian population only had a 30% unemployment rate. If African Americans did have a job, wages would be significantly lower, 30%, than the Caucasian pay rate hence the struggling of African Americans during the Great
White people thoroughly believed that if they were out of work., then blacks were not allowed have jobs. In the south, lynchings had become popular; whether it was legal or not, people would hang others from trees to make statements, or prove a point . Most of these people would be from the Ku Klux Klan, or KKK, and they would illegally kidnap someone who they felt was guilty and torture them. and eventually lynch them.African Americans were not able to obtain jobs during the 1930s. Because the early nineteen hundred's decades were during segregated times, white supremacy, so if whites were laid off or unemployed, African Americans were not allowed to have jobs. About 50% of African American were out of work, while the Caucasian population only had a 30% unemployment rate. If African Americans did have a job, wages would be significantly lower, 30%, than the Caucasian pay rate hence the struggling of African Americans during the Great