Life During The Great Depression Essay
Although you probably have at least heard of the Great Depression, there are things about people, food, and entertainment you probably don’t know. People had hard lives, food was hard to get, and entertainment was one of the few things that kept people going. This paper will show how some people struggled, how people saved food and what they ate, and what people had to entertain themselves.
During the Great Depression the families suffered a lot. Marriage was not faring to well, divorce rates were decreasing only because people couldn’t pay lawyer fees, which caused desertion rates to increase and marriage rates to decrease (Source 1). About 250,000 teens left home to find a life of their own, most felt like a burden to their families or were …show more content…
In fact many films still cherished today were created during the Great Depression, like Walt Disney films, especially The Tale of the Three Little Pigs (originally produced in 1933) and it became a part of the American culture. Other than The Tale of the Three Little Pigs comedies were popular (Source 2) Over 60 million Americans went to the movies, and many went more than once, each week. Little Shirley Temple gave hope for Americans for a better tomorrow, she played roles that righted the wrongs of the world in her many films. Americans also loved sports during the Great Depression. In 1930, More than 10 million people went to see major-league baseball games. American turned to sports and athletes to distract and inspire them, like Joe Louis, a heavy weight boxer, who became a hero who symbolized honesty and fair play to many of his fans, or Jasse Owens, a track star, who broke 3 records and won 4 gold medals at the 1932 Olympics (Source 7). The cornhuskers, a Nebraskan team, were invited to play against Stanford in the Rose Bowl, the cornhuskers played in front of the largest crowd to see a live Nebraskan game, 92,000, and Stanford won 13-7 but the Stanford coach praised the Nebraskan team, saying that the cornhuskers were the toughest team Stanford had met that year. Traditional organized games like rodeo and football were popular, especially in Nebraska, and Nebraskans are
During the Great Depression the families suffered a lot. Marriage was not faring to well, divorce rates were decreasing only because people couldn’t pay lawyer fees, which caused desertion rates to increase and marriage rates to decrease (Source 1). About 250,000 teens left home to find a life of their own, most felt like a burden to their families or were …show more content…
In fact many films still cherished today were created during the Great Depression, like Walt Disney films, especially The Tale of the Three Little Pigs (originally produced in 1933) and it became a part of the American culture. Other than The Tale of the Three Little Pigs comedies were popular (Source 2) Over 60 million Americans went to the movies, and many went more than once, each week. Little Shirley Temple gave hope for Americans for a better tomorrow, she played roles that righted the wrongs of the world in her many films. Americans also loved sports during the Great Depression. In 1930, More than 10 million people went to see major-league baseball games. American turned to sports and athletes to distract and inspire them, like Joe Louis, a heavy weight boxer, who became a hero who symbolized honesty and fair play to many of his fans, or Jasse Owens, a track star, who broke 3 records and won 4 gold medals at the 1932 Olympics (Source 7). The cornhuskers, a Nebraskan team, were invited to play against Stanford in the Rose Bowl, the cornhuskers played in front of the largest crowd to see a live Nebraskan game, 92,000, and Stanford won 13-7 but the Stanford coach praised the Nebraskan team, saying that the cornhuskers were the toughest team Stanford had met that year. Traditional organized games like rodeo and football were popular, especially in Nebraska, and Nebraskans are