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There were pockets of prosperity in the USA during the Great Depression of the 30's, and there are similar pockets of prosperity today.
The motion picture industry experienced the height of it's success during this period, because it provided cheap entertainment and a way for people to escape their problems. Warner Brothers was producing 50 movies per week, and Hollywood overall was producing over 250 movies a week. The motion picture industry is one of the largest industries in the USA, and almost everyone catering to it did well financially, including the theaters across the nation. I expect Netflix today to do well, because it's cheap and affordable entertainment.
The alcoholic beverage industry did well. Joe Kennedy was one of thousands who made a fortune in this industry. Success in this industry was the result of Prohibition and, like the motion picture industry, was a means for people to escape their problems. Marijuana today is doing well because it is prohibited and is a cheap form of entertainment for people to forget their problems.
Specialty farming, like raisins, figs, almonds, and walnuts (to name a few) did well. Agriculture and heavy industry run opposite cycles to each other. Mainline agriculture like corn, wheat, pork, cattle, and lamb which could be mass produced did not do well, but specialty crops, like those grown in California did well. The movie, "The Grapes of Wrath," ends with sharecroppers leaving the Oklahoma, Arkansas, Colorado and Texas to come to California. In California they did very well. Organic farming today is doing very well.
New technology, like the radio industry, did well. Today, revenue from the iPod more than doubling every year. Also, everyone across the nation associated with that industry is doing well. People making special cases for the iPod can't supply the demand.
The export industry did well later on in the Great Depression. The Great Depression was world wide, but the USA was the last country to come out of the Great Depression because new Government taxes took money out of the money supply. When war broke out in Europe, Europe depended upon the USA to supply them. Fortunes were made supplying Europe with food, clothing, and war material. Today, war in Iraq, Afghanistan, West Africa, and elsewhere, is destroying the general economy of the USA, which is devaluing the US Dollar , which is making USA exports cheap overseas.
Businesses catering to the rich did well (that's how Alpo got started). Mulberry, as well as Coach hand bags, are doing very well today.
The Great Depression caused change. GREAT fortunes were made in the oil industry when Big Oil cut back, allowing wildcatters a chance to enter the business (i.e., Bass, Getty, Stewart, etc.), resulting in some of the biggest oil finds in the USA.
These are just a few of the "pockets of prosperity" during the Great Depression. More money was made catering to these industries.
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What weakened the families during the great depression?
More international trade
During the Great Depression, many families received food from?
breadlines. (: --novanet--
Why did population patterns change so often during the Great Depression?
Families moving in search of work is why the population patterns changed so often during The Great Depression. The depression was felt around the world.
What did people smell during the Great Depression?
During the great depression people smelled tar paper from what they built when they became homeless and they smelled many cars that passed by.
How many people became millionaires during the great depression?
Yes
What does Hoovervilles?
cities and town were families were during the great depression
When was the Great Depression and what was it?
Hello! The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression during World War 2. It affected the stock trade greatly and many families became broke. It was the longest and worst depression in the U.s. during the in the 20th century. The Great Depression lasted from 1929 until the late 1930's or early 1940's. Thanks! ~Thunderfin~
What weakened the families during the great depression?
More international trade
During the Great Depression, many families received food from?
breadlines. (: --novanet--
Why did population patterns change so often during the Great Depression?
Families moving in search of work is why the population patterns changed so often during The Great Depression. The depression was felt around the world.
What became more militant during the great depression?
hoes djdjl
How did American families live during the great depression?
many people died and lost their homes
What did people smell during the Great Depression?
During the great depression people smelled tar paper from what they built when they became homeless and they smelled many cars that passed by.
What happened to California during The Great Depression?
It became the reluctant host to the Okies.
How many people became millionaires during the great depression?
Yes
How do you use gruel in a sentence?
During the great depression, many families had to survive on gruel stale bread!!
Why did so many unemployed Americans blame themselves during the great depression?
for failing to provide for their families
