10 Questions about living in the Great Depression

1. Did you invest in the Stock Market during the crash?
2. How much did you lose?
3. Did you become unemployed or did you keep your job after the crash?
4. If you did become unemployed, were you able to find a new job?
5. Did you know of a lot of people who had lost everything?
6. What were some things you did to save money?
7. Have you ever seen or lived in a Hooverville?
8. Did you ever go on a bank run to withdraw your life savings?
9. Do you remember what you were doing when you heard about the Stock Market crash?
10. How were some of your family and friends handling the loss of money?

Simpsons Prohibition Episode Review

Part 1: I think that the producers did a great job in portraying the Prohibition in Springfield. There was a lot more accuries than inaccurate information and the inaccurate information jsut made the episode better because it was comical. I personally enjoyed the episode and was able to easily compare the episode from the actual time period. Some elements that were well portrayed was the Prohibitionist's arguments made towards the evils of alcohol. Some other elements that were well potrayed was the increase in price of alcohol, formation of speakeasies and gangsters supplying alcohol.

Part 2: I feel like the scene where the Duff beer company sells their nonalcoholic beer could have been changed around to be more historically accurate. Maybe they could have promoted soda instead of nonalcholic beer. That could have been something unavialiable back in the 1920s which would be inaccurate then. the producers could have shown more of the alternatives instead of alcohol. Then a comedic effect could be added to those scenes.