Closer Look To What Artists Thought of The Great Depression and Great Recession
Some might have not understod exactly what happened in The Great Depression and The Great Recession. These cartoons explain the events that happened during these times in a different way that is easier to understand. Also they are another way to look at the situation.
The 'GRAMPA' Great Recession
This picture shows a grandfather in a cave with his grandsons. His grandsons are asking the grandfather to tell them about what life was like before 2008 because now they have to live in a cave with a fire and no clothes like cavemen. On the wall there are planes and cars and money drawings .
This is important because it shows that people lost a lot of things from the crash. Many people went homeless and had nothing to show for what they have worked for in previous years. They were forced out of homes and had nothing to do but ask what life used to be like.
This is important because it shows that people lost a lot of things from the crash. Many people went homeless and had nothing to show for what they have worked for in previous years. They were forced out of homes and had nothing to do but ask what life used to be like.
The New Deal at 75
When Art, Culture and Government Intersected
The argument in this source shows that there is a young, naïve President Franklin D. Roosevelt awaiting his New Deal program embroidered stockings to be filled up with gifts, money, and other goods that would help supply his goal of pulling the United States of America out of the Great Depression. President Franklin D. Roosevelt is anxiously awaiting Uncle Sam, who represents all of the United States, to fill his stockings.
The New Deal and Prospects for the American Way
This cartoon depicts President Franklin D. Roosevelt mixing various people and programs together in a huge “democratic recovery broth” as part of his New Deal programs. In this cartoon it shows that President Franklin D. Roosevelt is making too many programs too soon. In this political cartoon, we see that there is a person warning President Franklin D. Roosevelt to be careful with all that he is putting into the broth because he doesn’t know which mixture will mess up the entire broth.
This cartoon is saying that they are going to change something if they made a mistake. At this time america made mistakes and they were not resolved.
401(k) Losses
This is a political cartoon that explains that the investments that people made were to big and caused the economy to crash. People thought that buying properties cheap will make them money but when everyone is doing it at the same time then it is not worth it. A lot of money was lost in the end. People thought the price of the property was the other thing that mattered. Was it actually that important?