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Working Conditions and The Great Depression. Kent Klavik Mitchell Fralick. Synopsis. What was it like before the Great Depression? What caused the collapse of the economy? What was life like during the 1930’s in America? What was the Government doing to help? - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Kent Klavik Mitchell Fralick
WORKING CONDITIONSAND THE GREAT DEPRESSION
Synopsis•What was it like before the Great Depression?
•What caused the collapse of the economy?
•What was life like during the 1930’s in America?
•What was the Government doing to help?
•What ended the depression?
The Roaring 20’s
20’s Dance Party
Prior to the Great Depression…Short YouTube Clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=YM8yxBL21Pk(The Great Depression)
Black TuesdayA newspaper article from 1929 addressing the recent Stock Market Crash on Black Thursday.
Black Thursday in America
Bank Runs
Hooverville Cartoon
The Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl 1930-1939• Drought hit Eastern US in
1930, and by 1934 the Great Plains was turned into a desert• Affected 500 million
acres(500 miles*300miles)• Drought and poor
agriculture practices• Thousands fled to California
for work but many stayed in the region
June 4 1937, at Goodwell, Oklahoma, LoveA black blizzard over Prowers Co., Colorado, 1937.
"Fleeing a dust storm, Rothstein
Abandoned Farm
Family Life • Many families lived
together in 1 room shacks, caves or even sewer pipes• Families survived off of wild
weeds, buying leftover food and home grown food • Marriage and divorce rate
was down• High desertion rate • Birth rate below
replacement rate• Displaced children roamed
the country
Bud Fields and his family. Alabama. 1935 or 1936- Walker Evans
Lange, Migrant Mother
Labor of the Great Depression • One in Four people were
unemployed• Women became the
breadwinners because they cold be paid lower wages• Children were hired
because their small size and lower wages• Injuries were very common
place Grocery Store Clerk
Brother Can You Spare a Dime• lyrics by Yip Harburg, music by Jay Gorney (1931)• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msYYab9-rsk&list=PL6dLjSPKdRZ1GR6-yoDKaTT3_8QH1YrLY&feature=player_detailpage• (1930s Music Great Depression Songs Brother Can You Spare a Dime )
Job Rejection Letter
November 1, 1929John Doe1234 Front St, New York, NY
Dear John Doe,
As you know we have received many applications and interviewed a number of candidates for the Branch Manager position, and we have determined that we are no longer seeking an individual to fill the position. We are closing the location down due to the sudden down turn in the economy.
The purpose of this letter is to inform you that you have not been selected for the position and to thank you for your time. You are a very qualified candidate and would look forward to you applying to jobs in the future.
We wish you every personal and professional success with your job search and in the future.Regards,First Nation Bank
New Presidency
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New Deal
Hoover Dam
Triborough Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge
World War II
Three Photographs of Women Working at the McGrew Machine Company, in Lincoln, Nebraska
Pearl HarborDecember 7, 1941• Attacked by the
Japanese Imperial Headquarters
• Over 2000 American Soldiers Killed
• Numerous Navel Boats Destroyed and Damaged
• Hundreds of Aircraft Destroyed
• Congress votes to enter WWII
The Gettysburg Times (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)
Definition of AmericaBy Stanley Gottheimer, '37 America is a hundred and twenty millions of peoples;a thousand industries; mountains,waterways, and prairie.
America is a drum-beat calling together the farmers to oust the "redcoats." America is the ring of an axe, —death knell of the virgin timber— in the crisp northern air. America is a factory whistle hooting out the night shift, hooting in the day.
America is a timecard;a pay envelope;a five buck raise;a curt "You're fired!"
America is creditor of the world America is Desolate debtorDazed by dry,dancing dust-his farm blowing away
Europe is mellow wine,well-aged for the epicure;a fine, moldy, smelly, old cheese.America is the grape unbrushed,the milk and cream unchurned—but beginning to sour.
Mountains, waterways, and prairie,A thousand industries;A hundred and twenty millions of people
• Symbol of American women’s contribution during WWII• Female empowerment • Over 6 million women entered the workforce during WWII
Rosie the Riveter(Miller)
World War II Discharge PapersThe depression was over after the war
The Genealogy Center
Open Floor• Questions or Comments?
Works Cited• 20's Dance Party. 2011. Photograph. www.wordpress.comWeb. 19 Apr
2013.• 1930s Music Great Depression Songs Brother Can You Spare a Dime .
The Sound Stew, 2013. Web. 23 Apr 2013.• Abandoned Farm. 2006. Photograph. The Dust BowlWeb. 19 Apr
2013. uwec.edu• Black blizzard over Prowers Co.. 1937. Photograph.
http://www.weru.ksu.edu, Western History Collection, University of Oklahoma. Web. 18 Apr 2013.
• Black Tuesday.” New York 25 Oct. 1929: Front Page. Print.• “Black Thursday in America.” London Herald 25 Oct. 1929: Front
Page. Print.• Evans , Walker. Bud Fields and His Family. 1936. Photograph.
www.english.illinois.eduWeb. 18 Apr 2013. • “Franklin D. Roosevelt.” The White House. Whitehouse.gov. Web. 24
Apr. 2013.• “Golden Gate Bridge.” All About the Golden Gate Bridge. 24 Apr.
2013.• Gottheimer, Stanley. "Definition of America." Magpie. June 1937:
p.44. Print. • “Hoover Dam.” Hoover Dam. Web.mst.edu. Web. 24 Apr. 2013.
Works Cited Cont..• "Japan Attacks Pearl Habor Then Declares War on US." Gettysburg Times 08 12 1941,
n. pag. Web. 19 Apr. 2013. yesteryearsnews.wordpress.com• Lange, Dorothea, "The Assignment I'll Never Forget: Migrant Mother," Popular
Photography (February 1960• Love , Emma. June 4 1937, at Goodwell, Oklahoma.. 1937. Photograph.
http://www.weru.ksu.eduWeb. 18 Apr 2013. • Miller, J. Howard. Rosie the Riveter. 2010. Graphic. History.com. Web. 10 Apr 2013.• “New Deal.” New Deal Programs FDR 1933 Inauguration. Web. 24 Aug. 2013.• Rothstein, Auther. Fleeing a Dust Storm. 1936. Photograph. http://www.weru.ksu.edu,
Library of Congress. Web. 18 Apr 2013. • The Great Depression. Dir. Aaron 1912. YouTube.com, 2008. Web. 23 Apr 2013. • “Triborough Bridge.” Top 10 Public Works Projecys From the Great Depression. Web. 24
Apr. 2013.• unknown, “Bank Runs.” The View: A Classic Bank Run. 05 Feb. 2011. Web. 24 Apr.
2013.• unknown, Dust Storm Damage 1930-1940. N.d. Photograph. library.sussex.tec.nj.u.
Web. 19 Apr 2013.• unknown, “Grocery Clerk - postinjury, circa 1930's,” Teaching & Learning Cleveland.
Csudigitalhumanities.org. Web. 19 Apr. 2013.• “Women.” The Home Front. Web. 24 Apr. 2013.