Life During the Great Depression

Video Of Life during the Great Depression

It gets worse 1352 banks suspended operations 1932-30,000 companies went out of business 1933-12 million people were unemployed Bread and soup lines Fed up to 12,000 people a day Bailiffs Evicted tenants that did not pay rent, and emptied out the living space. Hobos Homeless people that would sneak past police and ride the railroad

The Dust Bowl Homesteads uprooted the nature grass in areas and left the land dry Drought brought on very dry conditions Animals and crops would die off due to the dust

Entertainment 60 million people would go to the movies in a week Hollywood On the Air 60 million people would go to the movies in a week Walt Disney introduced Mickey Mouse in 1928 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was released in 1937 First full length animated film Radio offered information and entertainment without having the leave the house. Soap Operas Radio show dramas Accompanied by soap commercials

Literature and Art John Steinbeck William Faulkner Grant Wood The Grapes of Wrath Books showed sympathy for the characters and the social injustices of the times William Faulkner Used the idea of expressing characters thoughts and feelings before they speak. Grant Wood American Gothic Painting showing what life was like during the 1930s

Hoover’s Response to the Depression Believed that people could help save the economy without government assistance. Created more public works jobs Government funded construction jobs to help with unemployment rates In order to create enough jobs for all the unemployed, the government would have to increase spending Herbert Hoover refused to increase government spending Relief Government funding given directly to poor families Hoover was against this type of aid