answer. 1. A story about a family trying to stick together and survive through the Great Depression in the Midwest in the 1930s Author’s Purpose: to entertain Explain Your Answer: Write a sentence or two. Because it is a story and wants to entertain. 2. A section in a history book describing the conditions and causes of the Great Depression in the Midwest in the 1930s Author’s Purpose: to inform Explain Your Answer: Write a sentence or two. It is giving an idea or information about great
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cheap land‚ farmers engulfed the Southern Plains and began to plow the land to grow wheat‚ not taking into consideration the climate and soil or ecology of the land; and there was the biggest mistake made in the Dust Bowl. During the drought of the 1930s‚ the soil was turned into dust and the wind blew the dust in huge clouds‚ which would sometimes cause the sky to blacken‚ giving it the name “black blizzard.” Dust storms mostly affected areas of Texas‚
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their families. During the depression‚ people ate whatever they could afford or whatever they could find. Some examples of food during the 1930s were: Potato soup – water base‚ not milk Dandelion salad Lard sandwiches Bacon grease sandwiches Sugar sandwiches Hot dogs and baked beans Creamed corn on toast Squirrel Gopher Entertainment Even though the 1930’s were hard times‚ even the Great Depression could not get in the way of good old fashioned
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he March of the Bonus Army on the capital was for the World War I veterans to receive money for their service in the war. Here are some facts of the “March of the Bonus Army”. One of the first facts was this was all made by the World War I veterans. The march on Washington D.C. was a very serious change in our government. The government would not pay their wages that are due to them from the loss they suffered at war. They were not aware of what was going on in the U.S.. Walter was the leader
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symbolizes an old age‚ it shines “distant as a lamplit”(line 8) “across the plains” (line 9)‚ vast and unpopulated‚ evoking contrast of distance between the emerging lifestyle and the poverty “breadlines in the city”(line 23) during the Depression in the 1930’s and the spiritless and lifeless “mannequins” (line 24) of men. The “memory of dust” (line 18) that settled over mantles triggers memories of dreadful dust storms that “smear[ed] the sky green with doom” (line 13)‚ but yet satisfies the old couple
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Why did Australia lead the world into Depression in the late 1920s and suffer its effects so gravely and for so long? Australia suffered significantly during the Great Depression of the late 1920s. Australia was one of the worst effected countries in the World. This essay will look at why Australia lead the world into Depression in the late 1920s and why it suffered from it’s effects for so long. A depression is defined as "A period of drastic decline in a national or international economy‚ characterized
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Welfare began during the great depression in the 1930’s then‚ just like now‚ there were many families that needed help from the government‚ and that is why they introduced welfare. Today there are many different kinds of welfare like social welfare‚ corporate welfare‚ and child welfare. There are other programs like Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Women‚ Infants‚ and Children (WIC). These programs kept families together‚ children became healthier and often times‚ recipients are
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passages and which of the two I found most persuasive. James Eayrs’ article “A Low Dishonest Decade: Aspects of Canadian External Policy‚ 1931-1939” and Norman Hillmer’s article “Defence and Ideology: The Anglo-Canadian Military Alliance in the 1930s” both explain Canada’s relations‚ or lack thereof‚ with Great Britain. While Eayrs’ viewpoint is a much more negative one. For instance Eayrs explains that “nothing was done by the Canadian Government to assist United Kingdom defence officials in
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Compare and Contrasting Images Rural life has changed in major ways over the time period of 1930 to 1935. American Gothic and Rural Rehabilitation Client are two different forms of art in this time period. In these pictures their clothing is very different. American Gothic is well dressed and in the Rural Rehabilitation Client they were dressed very unprofessional. American Gothic is a painting and that depicts the hard working farmer. In the picture the man is well dressed and is holding a pitchfork
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Historical Example of Labor Supply and Demand in the United States during the Great Depressi XECO/212 10/21/11 Historical Example of Labor Supply and Demand in the United States during the Great Depression During the 1930’s‚ the United States went through a terrible economic crisis referred to as the Great Depression. This came about from a series of events that caused a domino effect on the economy. After the stock market crash‚ people in the U.S. lost billions of dollars and demand
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