The Great Depression and It's Effects on General Society The Depression of the 1930's was a very hard time for the middle and lower classes in America. Due to the depression, both classes had to struggle to survive and give up many of their favorite pastimes due to lack of monetary funds. Blacks had to give up low paying jobs to upper class white males who had lost their higher paying jobs. Mexican workers were …showed first 75 words of 834 total…

…showed last 75 words of 834 total…while others did all they could to just hang on a little longer. People lost their family homes, life savings, and careers. When the depression finally started to subside due to Roosevelt and his New Deal, the American citizens felt great relief. The relief was welcome, but the people were also left with a scar that they could never forget. The people from this generation would never trust the banks or the stock market again.