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Louise Adamic

 ~1929-1941~

Hello Friends, welcome back
I feel like I've been neglecting this blog, but I'm back and I’m here to stay. With that being said were going to jump right in. We're going to be talking about the time period of 1929-1941. During this era one of the most notable events that happened was the Great Depression and the New Deal. 
But before were get into that were going to chit chat about ✨Louise Adamic✨ A 14-year-old Slovenian, determined to move to America to indulge in the wealth and vastness that so many people talked about. He believed that America was "a grand, amazing, somewhat fantastic place". That any person that went to America was bound to become rich.



At around the age of 9, Louise consistently heard the stories of America, and the prosperity that people came upon while there. This led Louise to wanting to go to America more than anything. Let me remind you again that he was only about 9 at this time - which is something his parents frequently reminded him of. But this never stopped Louise. After years of trying, when Louise was 14, his parents finally agreed to let him go to America. Frankly they were between a rock and hard place because Louise was expelled from one school, and fled from another, but that's neither here nor there. They sent Louise off to America where he was determined to get a job....

Now that you have a synopsis of Louise and his early life, let's see if we can connect this with our module. As we all may know this time period wasn't the best for Americans. But as a "peasant" from Slovenia, America was as good at it gets. And based upon our previous blog post, immigrants such as Hans Madison, and Sadie Brown, would agree. 


To repair America and the damage that they endured during this time.  Franklin pushed for legislation that would help the economy. This included creating things such as job programs. These programs helped millions of people secure a job. This alone could have further painted the picture of America being the best of the best. For people like Louise, this meant everything.  
 
Out of all the modules that we have discussed throughout this blog, this one must be my favorite. I really enjoyed reading about the hardships that America had to go through, and to see how they bounced back. How certain legislation and laws shape America into what it is today. Although everyone struggled, different groups struggled in different ways, for an example, farmers and African Americans. The events that took place was very unfortunate but also eye-opening and interesting.

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