LIFE DURING THE DEPRESSION

The Depression Worsens

A. Hoover opposed direct federal relief to the unemployed because he believed that individuals should be responsible for taking care of themselves

The Depression WorsensB. Charity to Poor

1. Shantytowns or “Hoovervilles”- communities of shacks2. Hobos- a migratory worker or homeless drifter3. Charities set up soup kitchens

The Depression Worsens

C. The Dust Bowl1. “Okies”- farmers who

fled agricultural disasters in the Midwest

Escaping the DepressionA. Hollywood Fantasy

1. Groucho Marx- American Comedian

B. Gone with the Wind

Escaping the Depression

C. Walt Disney1. Snow White and

the Seven Dwarfs was the first full-length animated film

Escaping the DepressionB. Radio

1. Provided an escape from the dreary days of the depression

2. Soap Operas

Depression in Art

A. The Subjects1. Grant Wood- rural paintings2. John Steinbeck: wrote Grapes of

Wrath, about a family fleeing the dust bowl

American Gothic

Depression in Art3. William Faulkner: Wrote “

The Sound and the Fury” about relationships between African Americans and Whites

4. Margaret Bourke- famous pictures of the Depression

Hoover DamA. would control floods, provide irrigation water and

produce hydroelectric power