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Culture of Poor Southerners in the 1930's -- 1st

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Culture of Poor Southerners in the 1930's

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Jobs

People of the south in the 1930s had a very hard time finding a job. If you did have a job, you’d be lucky to earn one dollar a day. Harvey Taft earned $17 a month. Overtime, he went up to earning $2.44 a day, which was great for a worker at this time. Harvey was working to get off of relief. The Great Depression was a bad time for all southerners. They say that you couldn’t pay for a job in that time.

 

A popular job down south in the 1930s was construction. Experience wasn’t required to take this job. It was meant for the workers to learn on the job. Overtime, workers often moved up to higher paying job. This is one of the jobs that a person back then is lucky to get during the Great Depression. But, the jobs were dangerous, even life threatening. They worked for the Civilian Conservation Corporation that helped create jobs for the unemployed.

 

Those who couldn’t find jobs during the Great Depression rode the rails. They took the trains wherever it led them. They day of the beginning of the Great Depression was referred to as “Black Thursday”. One in four Americans could not find a job That’s means 75% of people who wanted to find a job could not. During the Great Depression most Americans lived in poverty. Most not able to find a job and willing to do the worst jobs for low pay.

 

 

Jody L.


Great Depression

Culture Of Poor During The 1930’s

 

 

Education

 

The American Cultural was a perilous time for public education. Cash money in short supply, parents were unable to supply their children with needs like clothes, supplies, and a textbook to attend school. Taxes were rural in certain areas, and went unpaid. The loss of schools revenue was forced to try many different numerous ideas to keep the school operating. School terms began to get shortened. Numerous new teachers were paid $40 a month for five months and other teachers was in loss. In Arkansas they were forced to charge tuition for one year to keep the schools open. Some children were forced to drop out of school for that year that they were charging tuition. A farm once had to barter wood to the fuel of the classroom potbellied stoves for his four children tuition. Teacher salaries were cut doing the Great Depression. The famous Dick and Jane Books that taught millions of children to read were first published in 1931.

Women at school were different from men at school. Women had been educated better than the men had. Women were virtually excluded for employment requiring any degree of advanced education. White middle classes women a group that attend the nation high schools in large members. Education made white-collar jobs grew from 15to 40 percent on female labor force. During the 1930’s the boarding schools for indigent children help ensure that virtually no white child was out of school.

The government didn’t really care about black education that much. A group of foundation supporting black education: Peabody, Jeanes, slater, rosenwald, and Rockefeller. Jeanes fund was for Industrial arts education. Some southern states allotted $.50 per black pupil vs. $1.50 for white students. Black teachers were paid $300 per year while white teachers received $ 900 per year. 60 percent of black children was not in school.

 

Shanieka M.


Societal Customs of People in the 1930’s

 

 

 

In October 1929 the stock market crashed, wiping out 40 percent of paper values of common stock. After the stock market collapsed political and industry leaders continued to issue optimistic predictions for the nation’s economy. This period of time is called The Great Depression, which lasted from 1929-1939. The Great Depression was an economic slump in North America. During this time many people turn to President Roosevelt for help. Others did many activities, which became societal customs such as fads, fashion, radio, and music.

 

With the reduction of spendable income, people started to different inexpensive hobbies. President Roosevelt made stamp collecting very popular. Parlor games and board games became all the rage in 1935. People also did a lot of gambling, trying to win more money to support their families. Paris fashions were too expensive for all but the very rich. Many Americans started to make their own clothes out of replacement fabrics. During The Great Depression the better your clothes were was a sign of how much money you had.

 

Radio reached its zenith of popularity in 1939. People gathered in crowds around a single radio set. About 80 percent of the population owned radio sets. People mostly used their radios to listen event such as horse races and baseball. A lot of people in the 1930’s liked to listen to music. Young people flocked to hear bands such as Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, and Glin Miller. Music was one of the things that kept a lot of people going during The Great Depression. These are some of the main societal customs of the 1930’s.

 

Ethan P.


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