The 1930's :(

On Wednesday (1/13/15) we watched a video and filled out notes on life in the 1930's. Essentially it consisted of a lot of depressing time, what people did to try and cope and like what everyone tried to do to recover. A way some people coped with the depression for a few hours was going to see a movie. Motion pictures were a new thing and for a good .15$ you could get a few hours away from the depressing 1930's and get some good fun. After the movie and the news ended, they had to go back to the depression and back to the sadness. Another way the people coped was the radio, it was like our tv now, they broadcasted movies (just sound) and it kept people happy for as long as it ran for. The depression hit ordinary people extremely hard. Those who worked most likely lost their jobs, and those with families could no longer really provide for them, everything from shelter to food... Banks failed, so everyone lost their money, unless you took your money when their still was money to give out. The people blamed themselves for the depression because they felt like they didn't work hard enough, when in reality it was bound to happen. People moved to Germany because they thought communism sounded cool after they lost all their money... spoiler, it was pretty bad over there too. But President Roosevelt came to the rescue, and loaned out 2 billion to the banks, started making jobs to give the people purpose. But we didn't finish all the documentary... so more to come later!!