Long-Term Weaknesses In The United States During The Great Depression

The Great Depression was one of the longest economic downturns in the United States. The stock Market crashed in October 1929 which caused “long-term weaknesses in the U.S economy,” and “mass unemployment and poverty by 1932”. For the poor American families, it seemed as if there was problem after problem during the Great Depression. Families were going hungry, children were dying, and there was no food on the table for some families. At this point, there was only one place for families to turn to, which was the United States Government; however, families from around America approached the government with their own individual problems.

In 1932, President Roosevelt created the New Deal, which was a plan to help the United States out of the Great Depression. Roosevelt believed it would bring economic relief recovery, and reform to the nation. The New Deal was the first attempt placed on making the federal

Another woman from Nashville Tennessee wrote a letter to Mr. Roosevelt asking if the money that the men get paid to be sent to the house and not given to her husband. She explains how when her husband gets paid, he spends it on whisky and comes home with pretty much nothing. She has five children and they can’t eat because their father is spending the money he makes on whiskey. Writing a letter shows that this was her last and final option to receive any help, not only for her, but also for plenty other African American women. This was her last resort and she admits if her husband knew she was writing the letter, he would kill her. Different from the African American women, a Caucasian woman from Waterburg, VT., wrote a letter to Mrs. Roosevelt asking something completely different. She asked if Mrs. Roosevelt could send her some of the “. . . clothes that is of no longer use to [her].” This women’s husband was not making enough money to clothe herself as well as her