How People Coped With Depression In The 1930's.
Perhaps the worst part of living through the Depression was the shame of being out of work. People had to be taught that if they were poor, it was their own fault. Only lazy people failed. When people were hungry and had no money they lined up at the soup kitchen and had to work for it even if it was as simple as digging a hole and filling it in the next day. Individuals seen drinking, driving a car, or attending a race track lost their relief. They reused old goods to save up and when there was nothing left at home on the land, they set off across the country, looking for work.
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