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The Great Depression

The Great Depression. An Introduction. What Do We Know…. During WWII Banks ran out of money Less jobs People moved westward 1930s. What Questions Do We Have?. What happened during that time? How did it start? How did it end? How people stayed alive? When did it happen? How long?

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The Great Depression

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  1. The Great Depression An Introduction

  2. What Do We Know… During WWII Banks ran out of money Less jobs People moved westward 1930s

  3. What Questions Do We Have? What happened during that time? How did it start? How did it end? How people stayed alive? When did it happen? How long? Did people die? WHY did it happen? What caused the GD?

  4. More Questions…

  5. Let’s Answer Some Questions… • When? • The 1929-1939 (Start of WWII) • Where? • The United States • Who? • EVERYONE. • Cause? • The Stock Market Crash of 1929

  6. The Roaring 2o’s During the 1920’s people were spending money, buying excessively and investing aggressively. People were also BORROWING a lot of money. Stock Market Crash- October 1929

  7. Images of The Great Depression

  8. Effects on the People… • Farmers were already feeling the effects before The Crash • Prices of crops went down • Many farms foreclosed • People could not afford luxuries • Factories shut down • Businesses went out • Banks could not pay out money • People could not pay their taxes • Schools shut down due to lack of funds • Many families became homeless and had to live in shanties

  9. President Herbert Hoover Herbert Hoover was president at the start of the Great Depression His philosophy: “We’ll make it!” What He Did to Help: Nothing The poor were looking for help, and H.H. had no ideas about how to correct or help.

  10. Hoovervilles Some families were forced to live in shanty towns A grouping of shacks and tents in vacant lots They were referred to as “Hooverville” because of President Hoover’s lack of help during the depression.

  11. F.D.R.: A Glimmer of Hope When he was inaugurated in 1933 unemployment had increased by 7 million. Poor sections (like Harlem) had 50% of the pop. unemployed Instated the “New Deal” People everywhere were effected by the depression Roosevelt took action and put policies into place that gave people hope that things would get better… and they did. WWII… you tell me! 

  12. Your Assignment… ½ page- full page: Due TOMORROW! • Imagine what it was like living in America in the 1930’s. • Write a diary entry from the perspective of a teenagerdiscussing: • Where you are living… • Family Hardships • Food, money, work, etc. • Hopes and dreams for the future, or are you hopeless right now? • What you are doing to help your family survive? • Your day to day life.

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