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This essay details the survial of the American people from the Wall street crash to the Dust Bowl. All happening during the great depression.
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Grapes of wrath photo essay
- 1. The Growing Wrath By Anthony Divinagracia and Robert Le
- 2. The Sudden beginning. People crowd the bank to withdraw as much of their savings. Few were successful.
- 3. Lining up. Men line up in a breadline to receive free food since they cannot afford bread.
- 4. Trying to make a living. This man is selling apples for only 5 cents hoping that he would make enough money to feed himself and his family.
- 5. Meanwhile, on the other side of the nation:
- 6. The storm rising A dust cloud formed from a decade of bad farming of the soil approaches a small town ready to coat it in dust.
- 7. The aftermath. A Kansas farm shortly after a dust storm came through.
- 8. Road to the promise land? A overloaded truck traveling to California where there could be jobs available.
- 9. A promise A man stares at a sign that promises work at an orange orchard but at what pay?
- 10. At work A group of men pick cotton from the field in which they would get paid based on how heavy their bag is.
- 11. Shelter A “Hooverville” in California where many migrant workers ended up staying due to them not having enough money.
- 12. Many people protested the depression in many ways.
- 13. The march Unemployed workers marching in protest against the bad economy.
- 14. Sit Down World War 1 veterans stay in front of the capitol building in Washington D.C. in hopes of getting early bonus from the government that would help them in their living.
- 15. One people, one voice. People gather up in wall street to protest against the down economy.
- 16. But even so, all protests ended the same way:
- 17. Violence erupts Farmers in Nebraska protesting against the foreclosure of their farms are dispersed by local authorities.
- 18. Crowd control Policemen try to break up a union strike that is protesting for equal workers rights.
- 19. Flames A Hooverville in flames after the Bonus army protests in Washington D.C.
- 20. With the times around them getting harder and worse, the American people needed a new person to look up to for guidance:
- 21. A New Deal Newly elected president Franklin Roosevelt in his inaugural speech promises a “New Deal” to the American people to help them with the down economy.
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