When national depression in 1991- hit it had a lot of impact on many things like trade, individuals, etc. But most importantly the impact it had on families. For example when banks wet broke a lot of people lost their money and in that age like now, money is like a basic need to live , to buy food , afford shelter etc., people lost their jobs since bosses couldn't afford them. Trade declined because no one had money to buy the goods, people went starving, people couldn't afford colleges hence the reduction of the number of people going to college, families were separated , like for examples husbands abandoned families because they couldn't afford them and some parents had to send give their children to relatives since they couldn't take care of them , there were massive riots by the affected demanding for support from the government which caused death .It lead to the development of support programs for the poor , to help them survive. Some people resorted to crimes like stealing , murder etc. Other than that, since there was no money people were forced to work even in their bad conditions like broken limbs etc.
The poor lining up to get free soup
two mean in need of jobs in the desperate time
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