What was it like living during the depression?
Life during the Great Depression was difficult financially, and living situations were uncomfortable for most people in rural areas. Many who may have been doing financially well before the Great Depression found themselves emotionally drowned by poverty.UnemploymentNumbers of unemployed families intensely increased during the Great Depression. According to allabouthistory.org, “Unemployment rose from a shocking 5 million in 1930 to an almost unbelievable 13 million by the end of 1932.”Child LaborDuring the Great Depression more than two million children as young as 10 years old had to leave school and work to help provide for their families. These children had jobs requiring strenuous physical labor, such as working in factories, canneries, mines and farms.Homes and FarmsIt was not uncommon for farmers to lose their homes and farms due to an inability to repay loans.Getting ByFamilies were desperate to earn a dollar so they took measures that they would not normally do, such as boardi
