Mother of seven children (Paul Sorene)
Significant Effects
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- December 1931:New York's Bank of the United States collapses, making it the largest single bank failure in the nation's history.
- In 1930, more than 3.2 million people were unemployed, up from 1.5 million before the October, 1929 crash.
- The unemployment rate peaked above 25% in 1933 and remained above 14% into the 1940s.
- People were unbale to to get money from the bank so they were forced to sell their farms.
- Evacuation auctions: people sold all of their possessions
- People were starving living out of their cars
- Hoovervilles became increasingly populated
- Men had to stand in line at the soup kitchen
- Thousands of jobless men roamed the streets, looking for work.
- Thousands of mexicans were deported
- Overall, anyone who was not a white american was treated as a second class citizen
People were in desperate need for a job and searched for any source of income to take care of their families.
The men presented in these photographs are taking a stand against unemploment. They are fighting for a better life for their families. Men roamed the streets searching for any job available, these men didn't give up they pushed through.