... murders. In 1935, criminals outnumbered carpenters four to one, grocers six to one, and doctors twenty to one. Out of all the criminals no one was loved except for John Dilinger. John Dilinger was known as the robin Hood of the Great Depression. He was a hero to many Americans. he only stole from the rich and never stole from the poor. During ... Great Depression. The public libraries were busier than ever before. Many people looked to books for entertainment, especially because the public libraries offered free service. The most popular authors were John Steinbeck, Thomas Wolfe, Wilill...

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• Grade Level: High School

... employing people to construct public buildings, bridges, and hard-surfaced roads. Part-time jobs were also found for white collar workers; artists painted murals in public buildings and people like John Steinbeck counted dogs. Trying for a national comeback, the National Recovery Administration was formed in order to help with industry, labor, and unemployment. Workers were guaranteed the right to organize and bargain ... ...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... to accept government help, optimistically believing that better days were ahead. Some moved out of the plains, running from not only drought but from the new machine-controlled agriculture. As John Steinbeck wrote in the bestseller The Grapes of Wrath, "it was not nature that broke the people-they could handle the drought. It was business farming, seeking a better return on land ... ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... of the flourishing of mural art as a means of self-expression. The art of literature was also greatly influenced and encouraged by the WPA. The Federal Writers Program supported author John Steinbeck to write his novel "The Grapes of Wrath", an eye opening view of the Great Depression. This seemingly unending support proved to cultivate a sort of people's art that this country ... ...

• Word Count: 1845
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate