The Great Depression

1. The Great Depression By: Brandon H., Kaitlyn G., Colin O., and Michael K.

2. Black Tuesday • Black Tuesday was the day the Stock Market crashed and the start of The Great Depression. • Many people saw that stocks were falling and panic sold all of their stocks, making the market crash. • The Stock Market was no longer an available source of income and people who made money using it went bankrupt.

3. The 1932 Election • Franklin D. Roosevelt was the winner of the 1932 election. • His first plan of action was what he called “The 100 Days” • He started the document called the New Deal.

4. The New Deal • Franklin D. Roosevelt’s plan of action against The Great Depression was called the New Deal. • The New Deal provided help to farmers and factory workers. • It also created a new, more stable, banking system so the banks couldn’t crash in the future.

5. The Dust Bowl • The Dust Bowl was an area in The Great Plains that was hit by dust storms and was overgrazed by cattle. • During former depressions farmers could get by by growing their own food. • Because of the dust storms and overgrazing the land could no longer be farmed on, so farmers went poor without a source of income.

6. WW2 – Effects on the economy • Many people marked WW2 as the end of the Great Depression. • People called it the end of the Depression because the war added new jobs to the economy because the military needed vehicles, weapons, and artillery.

7. Conclusion • With the help of Roosevelt’s New Deal and the boost do the economy provided by WW2 the Great Depression ended. • With aid from the government the farmers were able to start farming again and factories reopened with jobs for all the unemployed.