HARDSHIP AND SUFFERING DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION p

Objectives Describe how people stuggled to survive during the Depression Explain how the Depression affected men, women, and children

T HE D EPRESSION D EVASTATES P EOPLE ’ S L IVES The Depression in the Cities Shantytowns Neighborhood in which people live in makeshift shacks Soup Kitchens A place where free or low cost food is served to the needy Bread Lines A line of people waiting for free food African-Americans & Latinos Unemployment – higher Pay – lower Unemployment leads to more racially fueled violence 33 reported lynchings in 1933 Calls for Latinos to be deported, even if they were born in the United States

T HE D EPRESSION D EVASTATES P EOPLE ’ S L IVES The Depression in Rural Areas Falling prices and rising debt ~400,000 farms were lost due to foreclosure Many have to turn to tenant farming The Dust Bowl Dust Bowl The region that was made worthless for farming by drought and dust storms during the 1930s Plowing the western grass lands Overproduction Topsoil displaced People begin to migrate west towards California

E FFECTS ON THE A MERICAN F AMILY Men in the Streets Hobos Migratory worker Tramps Work only when they are forced Bum Do not work at all Direct relief The giving of money or food by the government directly to needy people New York City $2.39 per week – highest in the country $43.65 – 2014

E FFECTS ON THE A MERICAN F AMILY Women Struggle to Survive Carefully management of the household Canned food Sewed Pulled resources Working outside the home Resentment towards married women getting work over men 1930s, married women were not hired as school teachers Children Suffer Hardships Poor diets and lack of health care Milk consumption declined across the country Malnutrition reports raised Rickets School closures Less tax revenue Shorter year 1933 – 26,000 school closed 300,000 student out of school

E FFECTS ON THE A MERICAN F AMILY Children Suffer Hardships (cont.) “Hoover tourist” Sons of the poor who traveled the United States in search of work & adventure 1929 – ,647 trespassers were killed 27,171 were injured on railroad property Social and Psychological Effects Suicide Between rose 30% 3x as many people were admitted to state mental hospitals Doctor visits stoppedGive up on collegePut off marriage, large familiesFinancial security became the primary focus

1.Why did people in cities live in shacks and wait in bread lines? 2.How did competition for jobs impact race relations during the Great Depression? 3.Why did many families leave their land during the Great Depression? 4.How did the Depression affect men and their families? 5.How did the Depression affect women and children? 6.From what long-lasting psychological consequences did Depression survivors suffer?