CH9 The Great Depression Begins Section 2: Life during the Depression
Soup kitchens People left with no other option.
Shantytowns Bailiffs evict nonpaying tenants. Take their belongings and make makeshift shacks on unused land Shantytowns or “Hoovervilles” “Hobos” emerge
Hoovervilles/shantytowns
hobos
Dust Bowl Midwest farmers had taken out wild grasses that held in moisture, in order to plant wheat Wheat prices drop…farmers stop planting wheat Massive drought across midwest. Massive fields of dust left. “Okies” begin migrating West
Radio Family entertainment at night Soap Operas Lone Ranger and “Tonto” Soap Operas Shown during day when women were home…advertised laundry soap…hence soap operas Ridiculous plots offered an escape from reality.
Depression’s influence on Art Grant Wood’s American Gothic John Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath, etc etc William Faulkner The Sound and the Fury
American Gothic