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Automobiles• Mostly owned by middle and upper-class• About 26 million cars on the road in 1930• During the lowest times they still wanted cars• People didn’t want to give up their cars• About 75% of all people during Great
Depression were employed
Golf• Bobby Jones retired at 28• Hit grand slam which would be close to
nothing in this day• People relied on golf to relieve stress• Golf equipment was inexpensive• Most professional players made enough to live
through the Depression
Country Life
• Famers had been told to increases their production
• Many farmers went into debt because of the advice of bankers
• Farmers tried to buy each others farms at foreclosing auctions
• Okies were harassed by police and employers
Housing
• Housing was not the government's responsibility
• In 1933 50% of all mortgages were in default• Home Loan Bank Act, Home Owners
Refinancing Act of 1933. • Slums were always located in the poorest
parts of cities for disadvantaged citizens.• The government couldn’t get public support.
Crime
• Lots of Gang violence• Al Capone was huge during this time and killed
and swindled many people• All the gangs were filled with drugs and
alcohol• Money=Power
Unity in Harlem
• Marcus Garvey created the United Negro Improvement Association
• Several thousand members of the UNIA were located in Harlem
• The UNIA was devoted to racial unity and uplift
Pictures
• 1 http://kevinandtammy.net/storbeck_photo_page_9.htm
• 2 http://bentley.umich.edu/research/guides/automotive/consumers.php
• 3 http://www.tinatombsgolf.com/sand-play-golf-tip/
• 4 http://www.tncenturyfarms.org/montgomery_county/
• 5 http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio/subjects/history/britainsince1930s/society/slum_conditions_3
• 6 http://www.biography.com/people/al-capone-9237536
• 7 http://www.nycreligion.info/?p=5874