... power was a problem the drought of the Mississippi Valley would add to the depression. In 1930 the drought in that reason was so severe that a lot of people could not afford to pay their taxes. The result of them now paying their taxes was they were forced to sell their farms for no profit. The devastation of this area was so ... of those jobs consisted of being a live in domestic worker. Stories like hers were common during those desperate times but there were more who felt the squeeze of the depression. Henry Martinez was one of 13 children growing up in a Mexican neighborhood on Chic...

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... 's. The growth of the population was very low. European Jews who fled Nazi Germany were denied entrance into Canada. In Saskatchewan, the rural population grew faster than its urban population. Henry Jacobson, a 78 year old said," The depression took away my wife, my home, a sector of good land back in Saskatchewan and left me with nothing." 8 The worst area hit was ... in 2 and a half years" 13 The hardest hit area was Saskatchewan "Per capita income fell from $478 in 1929-29 to $135 in 1932 - a 71% decrease" 14 People could not afford to purchase products produced because there was a l...

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