Chapter 22 Section 2 US HIS Mr. Love Game Day. The Depression Worsens  By 1933, thousands of banks have closed and millions of Americans are unemployed.

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Chapter 22 Section 2 US HIS Mr. Love Game Day

The Depression Worsens  By 1933, thousands of banks have closed and millions of Americans are unemployed.  Unemployed workers often stood in ___ ___ to receive free food.  Bread lines  They also went to ___ ___where private charities gave a free meal to the poor.  Soup kitchens

The Depression Worsens  Americans unable to pay their ________, or rent lost their homes.  Mortgages  Those unable or unwilling to move had a court- ordered eviction notice delivered by a court officer or _________ who forced nonpaying tenants out onto the street.  baliff

The Depression Worsens  Many of the homeless built shacks in ______.  Shantytowns  These towns were nicknamed “__________” because they blamed the president for their financial trouble.  Hoovervilles

The Depression Worsens  _________, or homeless Americans who wondered around hitching rides on RR cars, searched for work and a better life.  Hobos  As crop prices dropped in the 1920’s, many American farmers left their fields uncultivated. A terrible drought in the Great Plains along with an enormous erosion problem, beginning in 1932, caused the region to become a “_______ ________”.  Dust Bowl

The Depression Worsens  Due to this catastrophe, many from the Great Plains moved to __________ hoping to find a better life but most still faced poverty and homlessness.  California

Escaping the Depression  How did Americans escape the hardships of the Depression?  Movies and radio programs  What did a lot of these stories focus on?  Triumph over Adversity  ___ ___ produced the first feature length animated film.  Walt Disney

Escaping the Depression  The film was called ______, in  Snow White and the 7 Dwarves.  Melodramas, called _______ _______, became very popular with housewives. They received this name because the makers of laundry soaps often sponsored them.  Soap Operas

The Depression in Art  Homeless and unemployed were the subjects of art and literature during the ______’s. (decade)  1930’s  These two artists, _____ and ______emphasized traditional American values in their art. (one answer for each team)  Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood

The Depression in Art  _____________ wrote the Grapes of Wrath in 1939 which told the story of Oklahoma family fleeing the Dust Bowl to California.  John Steinbeck  Another novelist, ____________ ___________ exposed hidden attitudes of Southern whites and African Americans in a fictional Mississippi county.  William Faulkner