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Social Class Structure in the 1930s

Explore the division between Upper, Middle, and Working Class during the Great Depression. Tensions rise as wealth gaps widen, leading to societal unrest and potential conflict.

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Social Class Structure in the 1930s

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  1. Class Structure By MacKenzie, Mandi, & Ragen

  2. Upper Class Lavish homes Beautiful, clean clothes Highest paying jobs

  3. Very uptight Women wore dresses and no make-up Boys and men never helped in the house Middle Class

  4. Working Class Dirty living conditions Lowest paying jobs Poor clothes

  5. The Great Depression • Played a major role • Divided social classes—those who still had money and those who became unemployed. • Market crashed and tons of people loss money • The richest people still had money but the hardworking poorer people didn’t, and were out of work.

  6. Tension Between classes • Major clash of social classes • Tension grew as the upper class became boastful with the money they still had after the crash. • This greatly angered lower social classes. • Upper classes felt like they had to take care of lower classes and became angry. • Eventually, people became destructive and many were killed. • Strikes were eminent

  7. Tension Between Classes Continue… • The situation became so bad that the classes thought warfare would be in the near future. • Although it never happened, it kept them on guard throughout the ‘30s.

  8. 5 Informative Words • Ostentatious—being boastful or thinking that you are better or more important than someone. • Unionization: organized labor unions • Eminent: apparent, obvious, going to happen • Proletarians: a member of the working class. • Aristocrat: a member of the ruling class or of the nobility.

  9. Citations "British Class System-Middle Class in 1930's/40's." Yahoo Answers. Yahoo, 14 Oct. 2006. Web. 27 Oct. 2009. <http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060923062341AAuEhfm>. Fox, Levi, Gretchen Sund, and Caroline Altman. Relations of Class in the Great Depression. American Studies Program , n.d. Web. 25 Oct. 2009. <http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ug02/NewYorker/class.html>. Fussell, Paul. "Class: A Guide Through the American Status System." People Like Us. PBS, n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2009. <http://www.pbs.org/peoplelikeus/resources/essays6.html>.

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