Though Most Americans Are Aware Of The Great Depression Of 1929, Which May Well

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Term Paper Title	Though Most Americans Are Aware Of The Great Depression Of 1929, Which May Well
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Though most Americans are aware of the Great Depression of 1929, which may well be "the most serious
      problem facing our free enterprise economic system", few know of the many Americans who lost their homes,
      life savings and jobs. Americans faced vast problems during the eleven years of depression’s span. The paper
      primarily focuses on what life was like for farmers during the time of the Depression. By the 1930's, thirteen
      million workers lost their jobs, which is 25 percent of all workers. The blacks and unskilled workers were
      always the first to be fired. Farmers had no money and weren't capable of paying their mortgages. Americans
      traveled throughout the country looking for a place to work to support themselves and their family. Farmers
      plight during the Great Depression and drought. When the rains failed to come, the grass began to disappear. As
      the farmers watched their plants turn brown and the dirt slowly turn to dust they began to fear what was to come.
      In the water-cut gullies the earth dusted down in dry little streams. As the sharp sun struck day after day, the
      leaves of the young corn became less stiff and erect; then it was June and the sun shone more fiercely. The
      brown lines on the corn leaves widened and moved in on the central ribs. The weeds frayed and ...

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