In the 1930's, the whole world suffered from the great depression, which was a great economically down period for all, starting with the stock market crash in 1929. The whole world suffered from the down period, but the country that suffered the most was USA. The life in the USA at that time was difficult, for everyone. What was once the land of opportunity was now the land of desperation. At that thime, the American economical situation was at an all time low.