Poverty During the Great Depression Illustrated in Room Service and Modern Times

The poverty rate during the Great Depression was high. Many people need food, the stock market collapses, the industrial working environment is bad, and the proportion of unemployed is very high. The purpose of the movie made during the Great Depression was to distract the attention of the problem and make people relax for one hour and one hour. But this movie is not only ignoring the problem of the Great Depression. By watching the movie of the Depression, you can understand the life at that time.

During the Great Depression, this movie was distracting to the people of the 1930s. Examples of movies include "Public Enemy" issued in 1931, "The Gold Digger" issued in 1933, "Modern Times" published in 1936, and "Room Service "there is. These movies are scattered movies. To show the influence the Great Depression has on people and the situation at that time in a different way. For example, the treatment of women is drawn in several movies. - Great migration is a massive migration of African Americans from the southern states of the United States to the northern and midwestern cities. This occurred between 1910 and 1970. Over 6 million African Americans visited the northern cities during the immigration period. Several destinations in the north are Richmond, Texas, Baltimore, New York, Newark. Western and Midwest destinations include Los Angeles, San Francisco, St. Louis, Chicago and Detroit

In the 1930 's, Americans experienced the Great Depression, the worst recession in American history. Following extensive unemployment and poverty, President Franklin Roosevelt created the New Deal. For the first time, the federal government played an important role in securing welfare of citizens. Americans are beginning to expect their federal government to provide beneficial and legally protected benefits to helpless people. By the 1960 's, many Americans began to believe that the federal government has the power and responsibility to protect them from unfair and unfair social forces. People began to put pressure on all departments of the Federal Government - courts, parliaments and the president - to provide relief against unfair practices afflicting the country.

As the family life in the United States changes, the number of poor people increases. The Great Depression was an era of intense poverty. The bankruptcy of American companies, the closure of banks, and the decline in the employment rate are part of this poverty period. Between 1930 and 1933, more than 9,000 banks held billions of dollars of unsecured deposits. Since 1929, gross national product has decreased by 25%. The investment amount before the stock market crash is only 3%. This statistical evidence effectively shows the increase in poverty caused by the Great Depression.