Coping with the Great Depression

 In the movie "Cinderella Man" James Braddock and his family underwent difficult situations in the rise of the Great Depression. In the movie,  it shows some ways that he and his wife did to cope with the GD.
After October 1928, the Braddock family had to:

 1- Sell jewelry and clothes.

 2- Live in a modest house

 3- Have the kids sleep all together in the kitchen.

 4- Braddock would only make $50 a match

 5- Add water to milk to feed the kids

 6- Dry socks in the oven

 7- Collect wood to keep themselves warm.

 8-  Braddock would work injured

 9-  Ask for money in order to pay for the rent

10- Face on of their sonos stealing salami from a buthcher's store

Families and the Great Depression:

Hoovervilles

Consequences of the high percentage of unemployment

Hopeless mother and her two children

Long lines for free food

Children expressing their views over Hoover