THE GREAT DEPRESSION

DISTRACTIONS

• Most homes had a radio
• Watched movies to escape reality
• Some described real problems with hope
• People were attracted to swing music and upbeat tunes
• Dancing became very popular

AFRICAN AMERICANS

• Extremely poor during the time period
• Minorities weren't being helped as much
• Protested and boycotted
• Formed National Negro Congress to target...
• Jim Crow and race-based mob violence

SOCIALISTS AND COMMUNISTS

• Anarchists wanted to end government
• Some were socialists
• Some socialists made the communist party
• They even nominated a candidate for president
• Most intellectuals disagreed with the communist ideals