by Rhonda W.
The Great Depression was a very trying time for many people of all walks of life. One single factor cannot be isolated as the sole blame for all the hardship that many American citizens faced. Multiple factors contributed to the depression, both domestic and worldwide. The Stock Market crash of 1929 was deemed the most contributing factor propelling the depression. Its effects were widespread, with the closing of factories and the soaring of unemployment rates. Many Americans also laid blame on the leaders of our country for not helping citizens more through this difficult time.
Though Franklin D. Roosevelt did a lot for boosting the morale of the American people and jump-starting some important government programs, most American citizens were able to bounce back only after World War II, which created many jobs and helped put our nation back on top, stronger and better than ever before. In the words of Dale Carnegie, “Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.” And keep trying is just what the citizens of this time did, time and time again, rising up from adversity, forging ahead to forever create a new "American Way."
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Photo: Late 1930s billboard signing praises of the American Way of Life. While the country was not free of all effects of the depression, some positive economic progress had started being made, retrieved from http://www.picturehistory.com/product/id/12751
Photo: Late 1930s billboard signing praises of the American Way of Life. While the country was not free of all effects of the depression, some positive economic progress had started being made, retrieved from http://www.picturehistory.com/product/id/12751
