The Great Depression
Stock Market Crash October 1929 Black Tuesday Lots to sell, no one to buy
President Herbert Hoover Believed the people could help themselves Did very little The depression only became worse
Effects Farms foreclosed Banks had invested too much money Prices were too low to make a profit Banks had invested too much money Couldn’t give people their $ back Businesses/Factories shut down 33% unemployment rate Schools shut down People become homeless Move to “Hoovervilles” (shantytowns)
A Farm Foreclosure
Bread Lines
Oakies
Unemployment Lines
“Hoovervilles”
The Dust Bowl Severe drought and overuse of land Dust storms Couldn’t grow any crops
If you were the President of the United States during the Great Depression, what would you do to help the country recover from the economic crisis? (Write an intro paragraph with your thesis and three pieces of evidence)