The Depression : Social Impact Flashcards
How did poverty rise? ( Need 4-5 out of 7 )
1) Welfare budget overwhelmed
2) 1930 : limits on benefits
3) Unemployed only allowed state benefits for fixed time.
4) Local benefits were less generous and means tested
5) Woman got less than men
6) Young less than old
7) Single industry towns hit harder
4 facts showing desperation was rising?
1) Tuberculosis and Rickets rise due to poor nutrition and bad living
conditions
2) Suicide rate increased
3) Mass eviction due to lack of rent
4) Tent cities and shanty towns appeared on the edges of major cities
What was food like in the depression?
Each day a family had to live on :
6 potatoes
5 bread
1 butter
1 lettuce
Impact on youth : unemployment
( 14 - 25 )
Hamburg June 1933 : male - 39% and female - 25.2%
Gang membership increased
Worries of crime and extremism
Impact on youth : Juvenile Crime
Overall rate of crime did not increase but number of accused did.
Charges of theft , assault , threatening behaviour and crime against state ( violent disorder at political demonstrations ) all increased.
Impact on youth : Political Extremism
KDP : Recruited youth from “wild cliques” to cause trouble in the streets.
Nazis and SA offered food , shelter , uniforms and thrill of street battles to reduce the boredom.
Most unemployed youths had no/little contact with such groups.
How do gov try to help the youth? ( 3 out of 6 )
1) Gov wanted to lesson the effect on the youth.
2) Day centres of work - related activities
3) Compulsory labour schemes : unskilled manual labour schemes and lower than minimum wage.
4) October 1930 , June 1932 - Strikes against such pay
5) Voluntary labour schemes - residential work camps for 6 months
6) Priority was getting off streets not necessarily into perm at long term work
What was the impact of the depression on Woman?
1) Female proportion of workforce increased
2) Debate of whether or not married woman should work while men where unemployed
3) “Double earners” - may 1932 law passed where central gov employees could be dismissed if there husbands could support the family
4) Reich postal service fired 1000 married woman
5) Cause for equal rights set back
