the great depression difficult times for america
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The Great DepressionThe Great Depression
Difficult Times for AmericaDifficult Times for America
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What was the Great What was the Great Depression?Depression?
A worldwide economic crisisA worldwide economic crisis The crash of the stock marketThe crash of the stock market The failure of banks and businessesThe failure of banks and businesses America’s worst period of America’s worst period of
unemploymentunemployment A nightmare for the American DreamA nightmare for the American Dream A time of poverty and despairA time of poverty and despair
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Stock Market CrashStock Market Crash
October 24, 1929October 24, 1929 Black ThursdayBlack Thursday PanicPanic Too many had Too many had
gambled by gambled by borrowing to buy borrowing to buy stockstock
Black Tuesday, Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929, October 29, 1929, the beginning of the the beginning of the Great Depression Great Depression
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Causes of the Great Causes of the Great DepressionDepression
Industries using machinery produced Industries using machinery produced surpluses of goods surpluses of goods
Low salaries prevented many from Low salaries prevented many from buying goodsbuying goods
Farmers had bad years and had to Farmers had bad years and had to borrow money from banksborrow money from banks
Huge farm surpluses caused a drop in Huge farm surpluses caused a drop in prices and losses to farmersprices and losses to farmers
Import tariffs discouraged trade with Import tariffs discouraged trade with foreign countriesforeign countries
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The Crash ContinuesThe Crash Continues
Banks failedBanks failed Factories closedFactories closed Stores closedStores closed Crop prices fellCrop prices fell Jobs disappearedJobs disappeared Homes were lostHomes were lost
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Some of the StatisticsSome of the Statistics
In 1931, 800 banks failed in 2 monthsIn 1931, 800 banks failed in 2 months In 1932 over 30,000 companies In 1932 over 30,000 companies
closedclosed Black unemployment rose to 56 % in Black unemployment rose to 56 % in
19321932 By 1933 salaries fell 40% and hourly By 1933 salaries fell 40% and hourly
wages fell 60%wages fell 60% By 1935, 10 to 20 thousand children By 1935, 10 to 20 thousand children
under the age of 10 worked in mills or under the age of 10 worked in mills or on farmson farms
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People in the People in the DepressionDepression
EvictionsEvictions HungerHunger MalnutritionMalnutrition DiseaseDisease HobosHobos BreadlinesBreadlines
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Sometimes Homeless Sometimes Homeless and Hungryand Hungry
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Sometimes in a Sometimes in a Hooverville HomeHooverville Home
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Sometimes Unable to Sometimes Unable to Find Work Find Work
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Sometimes Sometimes PerseveringPersevering
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Sometimes ContentSometimes Content
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Sometimes LaughingSometimes Laughing
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Sometimes EnduringSometimes Enduring
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How Did the Great How Did the Great Depression End?Depression End?
Franklin D. Franklin D. RooseveltRoosevelt
Discontent with Discontent with Herbert HooverHerbert Hoover
Voters elected Voters elected Roosevelt to the Roosevelt to the presidency in 1932presidency in 1932
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How Did the Great How Did the Great Depression End?Depression End?
Roosevelt and Roosevelt and advisors created advisors created the New Dealthe New Deal
Relief and Relief and recoveryrecovery
Public works Public works programs funded programs funded by governmentby government
Provided Provided thousands of jobsthousands of jobs
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How Did the Great How Did the Great Depression End?Depression End?
World War IIWorld War II19411941
Increased Increased demand for demand for American goodsAmerican goods
The end of the The end of the Great Depression Great Depression
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Bibliography and Bibliography and CreditsCredits
Photographs and posters are courtesy Photographs and posters are courtesy of the American Memory Collection of of the American Memory Collection of the Library of Congressthe Library of Congress
Bigger, Margaret G., ed. Bigger, Margaret G., ed. The Great The Great Depression—How We Coped, Worked Depression—How We Coped, Worked and Playedand Played. A. Borough Books: . A. Borough Books: Charlotte, NC, 2001.Charlotte, NC, 2001.
Farrell, Jacqueline. Farrell, Jacqueline. The Great The Great DepressionDepression. World History Series. . World History Series. Lucent Books: San Diego, 1996. Lucent Books: San Diego, 1996.
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continuedcontinued
Gerdes, Louise I, ed. Gerdes, Louise I, ed. The 1930sThe 1930s. . Greenhaven Press: San Diego, Greenhaven Press: San Diego, 2000.2000.
McElvaine, Robert S. McElvaine, Robert S. The Great The Great Depression: America, 1929—1941Depression: America, 1929—1941. . Times Books: New York, 1984.Times Books: New York, 1984.
Mulvey, Deb, ed. Mulvey, Deb, ed. ‘We Had ‘We Had Everything But MoneyEverything But Money.’ Reminisce .’ Reminisce Books: Greendale, WI, 1992.Books: Greendale, WI, 1992.
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Links to More Links to More InformationInformation
History of the Great DepressionHistory of the Great Depression
http://www.usembassy.de/usa/history-dhttp://www.usembassy.de/usa/history-depression.htmepression.htm
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LinksLinks
The New DealThe New Deal
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/history/chttp://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/history/ch10.htmh10.htm
http://http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/index.htmlwww.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/index.html
Fireside chatsFireside chats
http://http://www.mhrcc.org/fdr/fdr.htmlwww.mhrcc.org/fdr/fdr.html
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BankingBanking
http://www.fdic.gov/about/learn/learninghttp://www.fdic.gov/about/learn/learning/when/1930s.html/when/1930s.html
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LinksLinks
Dust BowlDust Bowl
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dustbohttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dustbowl/wl/
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HobosHobos
http://http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rails/index.htwww.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rails/index.htmlml
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LinksLinks
HoovervillesHoovervilles
http://www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn/http://www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn/hstaa432/lesson_19/hooverville.htmlhstaa432/lesson_19/hooverville.html
http://www.historylink.org/galleries/nowthen/hoover.htmhttp://www.historylink.org/galleries/nowthen/hoover.htm
http://www.clpgh.org/exhibit/neighborhoods/strip/strip_nhttp://www.clpgh.org/exhibit/neighborhoods/strip/strip_n24.html24.html
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork/laic/episode6/topic1/http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork/laic/episode6/topic1/e6_t1_s3-hv.htmle6_t1_s3-hv.html
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LinksLinks
BungalowsBungalows
http://www.sos.state.mi.us/history/http://www.sos.state.mi.us/history/museum/explore/museums/hismus/museum/explore/museums/hismus/1900-75/depressn/bungradi.html1900-75/depressn/bungradi.html
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Music, Arts, Fashion, etcMusic, Arts, Fashion, etc..
http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade30.hhttp://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade30.htmltml
http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/nehttp://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/new_deal_for_the_arts/index.htmlw_deal_for_the_arts/index.html
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MoviesMovieshttp://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/FILM/filmfr.htmlhttp://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/FILM/filmfr.html
http://http://www.reelclassics.com/Actresses/Shirley/shirley.htwww.reelclassics.com/Actresses/Shirley/shirley.htmm
http://http://www.reelclassics.com/Movies/GWTW/GWTW.htmwww.reelclassics.com/Movies/GWTW/GWTW.htm
http://http://www.reelclassics.com/Movies/MrSmith/mrsmith.htwww.reelclassics.com/Movies/MrSmith/mrsmith.htmm
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Movies continuedMovies continued
http://www.reelclassics.com/Teams/Fredhttp://www.reelclassics.com/Teams/Fred&Ginger/fred&ginger7.htm&Ginger/fred&ginger7.htm
http://www.reelclassics.com/Musicals/Wihttp://www.reelclassics.com/Musicals/Wizoz/wizoz.htmzoz/wizoz.htm
http://www.filmsite.org/snow.htmlhttp://www.filmsite.org/snow.html
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RadioRadiohttp://www.radiohof.org/musicvariety/kahttp://www.radiohof.org/musicvariety/katesmith.htmltesmith.html
http://http://www.radiohof.org/adventuredrama/shadwww.radiohof.org/adventuredrama/shadow.htmlow.html
http://members.aol.com/jeff1070/wotw.hhttp://members.aol.com/jeff1070/wotw.htmltml
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ComicsComics
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/PRINThttp://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/PRINT/comic/cartoon.html/comic/cartoon.html
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BreadlinesBreadlines
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork/laic/http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork/laic/episode6/topic1/e6_t1_s2-bl.htmlepisode6/topic1/e6_t1_s2-bl.html
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The EndThe End