Family Life and Communities

Made by: Tyler Bailey, Ali Brysgel and Alex Butler

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