Chapter 11 –The Great Depression Unit 6 Continued Chapter 11 –The Great Depression

Causes of the Great Depression

1928 Election Republican Candidate Hoover- easily wins (Hoover- takes credit for prosperity of the 1920’s) “ I have no fears for the future of our country, it’s bright with hope” -Hoover

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Many struggle Loss of homes and jobs Shanty towns called Hooverville's emerge Hobos- wanderers often hitchhikers- looking for food and employment

The Dust Bowl- Great Plains Causes: Farmers plows uprooted natural grasses that held soils moisture Crop prices drop- famers are not farming all of their land Drought occurs No crops or grass to hold the moisture from the rainfall- soil turns to dust Winds caused enormous dust storms

Dust Bowl Effects: Blackened skies (hundreds of miles) When dust settled- buried crops and livestock Humans/cattle die of suffocation from dust Okies- Oklahoma natives who headed West (California) to escape the Dust Bowl Effected mostly southwest region https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guTek7ipD4U (6 min)

Entertainment (will be watching in class) People Looking to escape their worries Movies: Shirley Temple- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwHNP00cp-g (3 min good ship lollipop) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1LI8lZALPM (3:30min animal cracker in my soup) Walt Disney – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6c_WgxTsMo (6 min Mickey Mouse Steamboat Willie) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncMKymAOy1I (2 min Snow White 1937 trailer) Radio: Green hornet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCG8foAL1JU Lone Ranger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVPzElN7LLs Literature and Art: John Steinbeck- Grapes of Wrath

Response to Depression

Hoover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qVoI9FrFO4 Rugged individualism- Government should not step in to help individuals out Hoover’s attempts Increase government spending on public works – hoped to replace jobs lost in the private sector President Hoover wanted state and city governments rather than the federal government to provide relief -or money given directly to impoverished families.

Hunger Marches and Protests In Oklahoma 500 residents looted grocery stores Protests around the country “Feed the poor, tax the rich” Farmers facing foreclosure (bank taking over farm) destroyed their own crops to try and raise prices Burned corn to heat houses Stopped dairy truckers and dumped their milk

Bonus Marchers Congress was to pay a $1,000 bonus to war veterans in 1945 Putnam Bill requested that money early War veterans supporting the bill marched to Washington – Bonus Army The bill was denied Veterans were removed with force led by General MacArthur The Great Depression: The Great Shake-up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erPV5n1gjOc (46 min)