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The Great Depression 1929 - 1939 Joanie Beckenhauer EDIM510

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The Great Depression1929 - 1939

Joanie Beckenhauer EDIM510

7/24/09

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Unemployment

• Felt worldwide

• 1/3 of non-farmer workers

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Desperate Sharecroppers

Crops destroyed by

- drought- pests

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The Road to the West

• Families camp on road

• Live in tents or undercardboard

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Burning of Veterans Camp

Vets evicted from Bonus Army Camp

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Fireside Chats

• FDR calms the nation

•Utilizes:- stories- anecdotes- analogies

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American Red Cross

Surplus wheat transferred to ARC to:

- feed needy- feed

livestock

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Soup Kitchens

Supported by:-churches- community- 1 by Al

Capone

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Salvation Army March

• Fed and clothed 12,000

marchers• Increased social

service work by 700%

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Sources Cited

http://www.nps.gov/archive/elro/glossary/great-depression.htm http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/life_01.html http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe40s/movies/KooserNebraska.html http

://www2.redcross.org/services/intl/0,1082,0_27_,00.html

  http

://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/T/TE009.html

 http://ingrimayne.com/econ/EconomicCatastrophe/GreatDepression.html http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20030124ar03p1.htm http://www2.arkansasonline.com/events/2009/may/21/15909/