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THE GREAT DEPRESSION
BEGINS
Photos by photographer Dorothea Lange
FARMERS STRUGGLE • No industry suffered as
much as ______________• During _______________
European demand for American crops ________
• ____________________________________
• Farmers increased production sending prices ______________
Photo by Dorothea Lange
HOOVER WINS 1928 ELECTION
• Republican _________ ___________ ran against Democrat Alfred E. Smith in the _______ election
• Hoover emphasized years of ____________ under Republican administrations
• ______________________________________
THE 1929 CRASH
• In September the Stock Market had some unusual up & down movements
• On October 24, the market took ___________________________________________.
• ________________, now known as __________________, the bottom fell out
• People who had bought on margin (credit) were stuck with ________________________.
THE GREAT DEPRESSION• The Stock Market crash
signaled ____________ ________________________________.
• The Great Depression is generally defined as the period from 1929 – 1940 in which the ______ ____ _____________________________________________________________.
• The crash alone did not cause the Great Depression, but it ______ ______________________.
Alabama family, 1938 Photo by Walter Evans
FINANCIAL COLLAPSE
• After the crash, many ____________________________________________from banks
• Banks had invested in the Stock Market and lost money
• In 1929- 600 ___________• By 1933 – 11,000 of the
25,000 ____________ ________________________.
Bank run 1929, Los Angeles
SECTION 2: HARDSHIPS DURING DEPRESSION
• The Great Depression brought ___________, _______________, and _____________________.
• Across the country, people lost _________, and _____________
• Some built __________ ___________out_______ _____________.
• Before long whole shantytowns (__________ __________________________) sprung up
SOUP KITCHENS
• One of the common features of ________ _________during the era were __________ ____________________________
• Soup kitchens and bread lines offered ________________________________________________.Unemployed men wait in line for food –
this particular soup kitchen was sponsored by Al Capone
RURAL LIFE DURING THE DEPRESSION
• While the Depression was difficult for everyone, ____________ _____________; ______ ___________________________________.
• Thousands of farmers, however, _____________.
• Many turned to ________ ____________________________________________________________.
Between 1929-1932 almost ½ million farmers lost their land
THE DUST BOWL• A ____________________
gripped the Great Plains in the _______________.
• Wind scattered the _________, _________ ________________
• The resulting dust _____ _____________________ _______.
• One storm in 1934 picked up _________________ _______________. Plains an carried it to the East Coast
Kansas Farmer, 1933
Dust storm approaching Stratford, Texas - 1934
Storm approaching Elkhart, Kansas in 1937
Dust buried cars and wagons in South Dakota in 1936
HARDEST HIT REGIONS• _________,
________, _______, __________, and ___________ were the hardest hit regions during the Dust Bowl
• __________________ ____________ to California and other Pacific Coast statesBoy covers his mouth to avoid
dust, 1935
HOBOES TRAVEL
AMERICA• The 1930s created the term “______________” to describe _______________.
• 300,000 _____________– or __________– _________ ___________________________________________(thousands were teenagers)
• _______________________was common on railroad property; over 50,000 people were ____________.
EFFECTS OF DEPRESSION• _______________________
more than 30% between 1928-1932
• _______________________sharply in urban areas
• Three times as many people were ____________ ________________________________________.
• Many people showed great _____________________________.
• Additionally, many people developed habits of ______ ______________________.
Hoover had little chance to be re-elected in 1932
Of Mice and MenBy John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck
-Lived: __________ ______________
-Wrote _________in his life.
-Won the _________ for 3 of them, including _______________.
Of Mice and MenBy John Steinbeck
Of Mice and Men
-Written in the form of ________in ___________.
-Is set ________________.
-Provides first-hand insight into ______________________.
-One of Steinbeck’s ________ ________________along with _________________ ___________________.
Of Mice and MenBy John Steinbeck
Of Mice and Men deals with many themes, including:
+_________________
+_________________
+_______________________________________________________
Types of _________found in OM&M:
+racism: _______________________ ______________________________
+misogyny:______________________ ______________________________
+ableism: _______________________ ______________________________
Of Mice and MenBy John Steinbeck
-Of Mice and Men has been made into a movie 3 different times and soon will be back on Broadway starring James Franco and Chris O’Dowd.
-Still one of the most beloved classics.