on the great depression families face a great depression. so there d be appropriate for us to talk about the story of norveld, which isn t it s it s a great depression story. about how to deal with the suffering that the great depression brought about and i want to first talk a little bit about that suffering so we can see that. economic epic opportunity fell pretty dramatically. this is a measure of us gross domestic product. so does anybody know what that might mean? gross domestic product have a sense dan. i would be products in the us in general not imports or exports just products in the us and not just physical products, but all economic activity. so it s it s an attempt to measure all the academic activity that s happening in the economy. and so and of course, it won t catch everything, but it catches a lot of it and it s good to compare across time and you can see that in 1929. we re over a hundred billion dollars in gross domestic product, but that started to fall pr
gross domestic product have a sense dan. i would be products in the us in general not imports or exports just products in the us and not just physical products, but all economic activity. so it s it s an attempt to measure all the academic activity that s happening in the economy. and so and of course, it won t catch everything, but it catches a lot of it and it s good to compare across time and you can see that in 1929. we re over a hundred billion dollars in gross domestic product, but that started to fall pretty dramatically so that by 1930 were below a hundred million by 1931 were below 80 million by 1932 were below 60 million and we re right about in the 50s, so we re probably cut in half gross domestic product. which means the economy shrank by by half, which is a terribly difficult thing now you re good. so so it s what does that mean though? for people ordinary people well, unemployment row is pretty dramatically. well, i think i have a pointer here that i can use so
So thered be appropriate for us to talk about the story of norveld, which isnt its its a Great Depression story. About how to deal with the suffering that the Great Depression brought about and i want to first talk a little bit about that suffering so we can see that. Economic epic opportunity fell pretty dramatically. This is a measure of us gross domestic product. So does anybody know what that might mean . Gross domestic product have a sense dan. I would be products in the us in general not imports or exports just products in the us and not just physical products, but all economic activity. So its its an attempt to measure all the academic activity thats happening in the economy. And so and of course, it wont catch everything, but it catches a lot of it and its good to compare across time and you can see that in 1929. Were over a hundred billion dollars in gross domestic product, but that started to fall pretty dramatically so that by 1930 were below a hundred million by 1931 were b
Great depression story. About how to deal with the suffering that the Great Depression brought about and i want to first talk a little bit about that suffering so we can see that. Economic epic opportunity fell pretty dramatically. This is a measure of us gross domestic product. So does anybody know what that might mean . Gross domestic product have a sense dan. I would be products in the us in general not imports or exports just products in the us and not just physical products, but all economic activity. So its its an attempt to measure all the academic activity thats happening in the economy. And so and of course, it wont catch everything, but it catches a lot of it and its good to compare across time and you can see that in 1929. Were over a hundred billion dollars in gross domestic product, but that started to fall pretty dramatically so that by 1930 were below a hundred million by 1931 were below 80 million by 1932 were below 60 million and were right about in the 50s, so were pr
Forum on genesis and persistence in advocacy for peace. Faith organizations. My name is john roth. I am editor of the mennonite orderly review and professor of history at Goshen College in northern indiana. I am delighted to serve as moderator of this conversation. Anyone who has taken a tour of the museum here or seen footage of the flag waving parades of enthusiastic young conscripts as they departed for military Training Camp in the summer of 1917 might have the impression that support for the war and the United States entry into the conflict was universal. Yet those of us gathered here for this conference are keenly aware that there were many voices of caution, of dissent, of objection, and even open resistance to the war fever that seemed to grip the nation in the spring and summer of 1917. As we will hear in the days that followed, that dissent originated from many different sources and took many expressions. But one of the lead edges of resistance to the war came from various re