the great depression
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The Great Depression. 1929-1939. Stock market crash Didn’t realize the effect it would have No money to replenish what was borrowed. Many found being broke humiliating. The Roaring 20’s. The new concept of “credit” People were buying: Automobiles Appliances Clothes Fun times reigned - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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1929-1939• Stock market
crash• Didn’t realize
the effect it would have
• No money to replenish what was borrowed
Many found being broke humiliating.
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The Roaring 20’s• The new concept of
“credit” • People were buying:
– Automobiles– Appliances– Clothes
• Fun times reigned– Dancing– Flappers– Drinking
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Why was this bad?• Credit system
– People didn’t really have the money they were spending
• WWI– The U.S. was a major
credit loaner to other nations in need
– Many of these nations could not pay us back
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The Stock Market• People bought stocks
on margins– If a stock is $100 you
can pay $10 now and the rest later when the stock rose
• Stocks fall–Now the person has
less than $100 and no money to pay back
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And then….
• With people panicking about their money investors tried to sell their stocks–This leads to a huge decline
in stocks–Stocks were worthless now
• People who bought on “margins” now could not pay
• Investors were average people that were now broke
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• Herbert Hoover was president at the start
• Philosophy: We’ll make it!
• What He Did: Nothing• The poor were looking
for help and no ideas on how to correct or help were coming
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• Farmers were already feeling the effects– 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
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Many waited in unemployment lines hoping for a job.
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People in cities would wait in line for bread to bring to their family.
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Some families were forced to relocate because they had no money.
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“Hooverville”• 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.
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A drought in the South lead to dust storms that destroyed crops.
“The Dust Bowl”
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The South Was Buried
• Crops turned to dust=No food to be sent out
• Homes buried• Fields blown away• South in state of emergency• Dust Bowl the #1 weather crisis
of the 20th century
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Two Families During the Depression
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A Farm Foreclosure
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Some families tried to make money by selling useful crafts like baskets.
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*FDR*• When he was
inaugurated unemployment had increased by 7 million.
• Poor sections (like Harlem) had 50% of the pop. unemployed
• Inaugurated the “New Deal”
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This Powerpoint can be found online at static.hcrhs.k12.nj.us/gems/hhiggins/GreatDepression.pptI have edited it in spots.MMB