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Unit #8 The Great Depression of 1930s

Explore the causes and consequences of the Great Depression of the 1930s, including issues with income, high unemployment, bank failures, and the government's response. Understand the social and economic impact of this devastating period in history.

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Unit #8 The Great Depression of 1930s

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  1. Unit #8The Great Depression of 1930s LESSON #8:2 The Roots of the Great Depression p. 235-236

  2. Issues with Income Working Americans did not earn enough to buy the products they helped to make • Incomes had been rising, but slowly • In early 1900s, avg income rose by ___%, at same time… • Output rose by _____% • Where did the money go? • 65% Americans earned just over $_____ /month

  3. What was the Great Depression • The Great Depression (1929-39) was the deepest and longest-lasting ______________ ______________ in the history of the Western industrialized world. • The stock market crash of Oct 1929___________ millions in investments. But it what happened next that became “the ________ ____________.” • Over the next several years, consumer ________ and investment dropped, causing steep declines in industrial __________ and rising levels of __________________ as failing companies laid off workers.

  4. Unemployment Appeared • Consumer confidence vanished. • The downturn in spending and investment led factories and other businesses to slow down production and construction. • They began ______ ___ their workers. • For those who were lucky enough to remain employed, wages _____ and buying power decreased. • Many Americans forced to buy on credit, and then fell into _______ , and the number of foreclosures and repossessions climbed steadily.

  5. Unemployment • By 1933, at the height, _____ million Americans were unemployed and nearly ______ of the country’s banks had failed. • The the economy would not fully turn around until after _______, when World War II kicked American industry into high gear.

  6. Society began to suffer • By 1930, the country’s industrial production had dropped by _____. • People desperate for food stood for hours in _____ for _______or ____. They became known as “Bread lines” and “soup kitchens” • _____________ became more and more common. • Farmers couldn’t afford to harvest their crops, and were forced to leave them rotting in the fields while people elsewhere starved.

  7. Bank failures • In the fall of 1930, the first of _____ waves of banking _________ began, as large numbers of investors lost confidence in the solvency of their banks and demanded cash for their deposited $$. • Banks didn’t have most of the ___ in their safes, and to find the $$ for the demands, they had to liquidate loans. • Bank ____ swept the US again in the spring and fall of 1931 and the fall of 1932, and by early 1933 thousands of banks had ___________ their doors.

  8. US Government Response • President _______, believed that government should _____ directly intervene in the economy, and that it did not have the responsibility to create jobs or provide economic relief for its citizens. • In 1932, with more than ______ percent of the U.S. population unemployed, every U.S. state had ordered all remaining banks to ______ at the end of the fourth wave of banking panics.

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