The Effects of the Great Depression Only a decade after the First World War, with its horrors still fresh in mind, Americans were plagued by the crumble of the Stock Market. As a result, thousands of banks closed, and masses were left unemployed in the wake of a disaster known by the common man as the Great Depression. The economy was struck by severe financial losses, ultimately leading many to scramble through day-to-day jobs. The absence of monetary resources often left children malnourished and forced minors to indulge in the job market in an outlawed practice known as child labor. Moreover, even from its early stages, the Great Depression left many devastated and seared itself into the memory of those who lived through it. According to Source One, “Diggin In”, American families did everything in their power to stretch every dollar to last a long way. Such was the case of Robert J. Hastings and his family, who were left without a steady source of income for over eight years. He, along with everyone who experienced that era, had to give up many luxuries that we take for granted today, such as toothpaste, soft drinks, and even toilet paper. Managing to keep his education going in those ghastly times, Hastings recalls on how his mother would find someone a year senior to him in school, and buy his used books. Paper …show more content…
I paint it for you in hope - because the nation seeing and understanding the justice in it, proposes to paint it out.”, display the exemplary determination and the strong will of America. They signify the fact that even in times of despair, we Americans have never lost hope. According to the third source, Roosevelt testified to using the power of self-government to promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty during the dreadful epoch. He managed to raise the hopes of the nation as a whole, and the individual