Home Life

Leisure time

Economy

Role of Government

In the first set of pictures there are many differences. The first picture shows a normal family in the 1920’s. The family is having a great time, and the father is taking care of the children. Also the family looks more united. In the second picture the family is completely torn apart and put out of their misery. The man of the family left his children and wife out to rot. The mother is taking care of the children. Not only is the mother taking care of the children, the entire family is living under what seems like a house that uses quilts as the covering.

The second set of pictures shows the difference between the normal people leisure time. The first picture is with three women after working hours. The women were dressed like flappers and were having a lot of fun. The second picture is a man relaxing and doing nothing in his free time. The man probably has no money to spend it on alcohol or anything.

The 3rd set of pictures show the drastic changes in the economy. The first picture portrays that many people were employed and that the economy was booming. Not only were many people were hired, they were given really high wages and a fair amount of holidays. As soon as the 30’s struck, all of that had gone down the drain. Over half of New York was unemployed. The hired men got $1- $2 per week with them working around 11 ½ hours.

The final set of picture depicts that the role of the government wasn’t that great in the 20’s and FDR had a tough time with cleaning up the three president’s mess. The 1920’s was mostly rum by really rich entrepreneurs that helped boost the economy. Since the economy was great the three presidents at the time laid back and took rest. Then the stock market crashed and FDR came out of it. FDR brought on the new deal. This New deal consisted of many temporary relief acts and hired many unemployed workers to help bridges and dams etc.