Hard Times Come Again:Hard Times Come Again:The Effect of the The Effect of the

DepressionDepressionMr. Bach

Hudson High SchoolUnited States History

HoboesHoboes

• Migrant workers roam the country looking for a job or a handout where they can find it.

• Hobo Signs– http://

www.worldpath.net/~minstrel/hobosign.htm

The Big Rock Candy The Big Rock Candy MountainsMountains• One evening as the sun went down

And the jungle fires were burning,Down the track came a hobo hiking,And he said, "Boys, I'm not turning

I'm headed for a land that's far awayBesides the crystal fountains

So come with me, we'll go and seeThe Big Rock Candy Mountains

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains,There's a land that's fair and bright,Where the handouts grow on bushes

And you sleep out every night.Where the boxcars all are empty

And the sun shines every dayAnd the birds and the bees

And the cigarette treesThe lemonade springs

Where the bluebird singsIn the Big Rock Candy Mountains.

• In the Big Rock Candy MountainsAll the cops have wooden legs

And the bulldogs all have rubber teethAnd the hens lay soft-boiled eggsThe farmers' trees are full of fruit

And the barns are full of hay Oh I'm bound to go

Where there ain't no snowWhere the rain don't fall

The winds don't blowIn the Big Rock Candy Mountains.

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In the Big Rock Candy MountainsYou never change your socks

And the little streams of alcoholCome trickling down the rocks

The brakemen have to tip their hats And the railway bulls are blind

There's a lake of stewAnd of whiskey too

You can paddle all around itIn a big canoe

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains,The jails are made of tin.

And you can walk right out again,As soon as you are in.

There ain't no short-handled shovels,No axes, saws nor picks,

I'm bound to stayWhere you sleep all day,Where they hung the jerk

That invented workIn the Big Rock Candy Mountains.

....I'll see you all this coming fall

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains

Vagrancy and Chain GangsVagrancy and Chain Gangs

“Move on . . . You are not welcome here!”

Farm ForeclosuresFarm Foreclosures

• In 1933: 364,000 farms went bankrupt and were foreclosed.

The Dust BowlThe Dust Bowl

• Drought hits the Plains in 1931.

• Poor farming practices makes the topsoil vulnerable.

A “Farm” in the Dust BowlA “Farm” in the Dust Bowl

Cars Trying to Escape a Dust Cars Trying to Escape a Dust StormStorm

Okies to CaliforniaOkies to California

To escape the Dust Bowl, many “Okies” take Route 66 (The Mother Road) west to find work in California fruit orchards.

President Herbert HooverPresident Herbert Hoover

• Relied on “rugged individualism” and cooperation rather than government interference.

• 1930: Signs the Smoot-Hawley Tariff – destroys global trade.

HoovervillesHoovervilles

The Bonus MarchThe Bonus March

Hoover’s Fate is Sealed

The Election of 1932The Election of 1932