Outline-ish

Most Important events/facts/issues:


The Diary of Danny Pozzuto,
Excerpts of life during/after the Great Depression
New York, August 19th 1929- June 11, 1940

Key Points-
Arriving at Elise Island (August 19th 1929)
-On boat looking towards the Statue of Liberty
-Reflecting back on Elise Island/meeting with family

Stock Market Crash (October 29, 1929)
-Describe what was happening
-Explain everyday life
-First Christmas in America

Dust bowl (1931)
-Food prices rising
-No money/bootlegging

People buying real estate (June of 1931)
-Describe the idea of purchasing (Potential setting up a shop)
-Describe time still being bad (use pictures)

Roosevelt’s Inauguration
-Describe the happiness/his ideas

New Deal
-Describe new deal/what its doing for him

America goes off Gold Standard
-The impact on this person/America (distribute wealth)

New Years Eve of 1934
-Best party of the year, Alcohol legal
-in 1934 things have a slight upswing


World War 2 (Italy Joins July 11th, 1941)
-The last journal of this, fear of being deported or placed in internment camps.