Life During the Depression 1930s People were impoverished (destitute, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken) Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS.

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Life During the Depression 1930s People were impoverished (destitute, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken) Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS

Life During the Great Depression Good Short Answer: How were the lives of Americans affected by the Great Depression? Provide Examples (Chapter 22: Section 2) Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS

Life During the Great Depression = 30,000 businesses closed = 9,000 banks closed = 12 million unemployed ¼ workforce -In 3 years = Family Income from $2,300/yr to $1,600/yr Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS

Unemployment: people left their homes in search of jobs (hobos) Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS

Hunger = forced to wait in line for soup & bread Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS

Housing = many families could not afford rent… Many were evicted bailiffs (court officials) came in and kicked you out of your house. Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS

Shantytowns Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS

Hoover’s Plan = Reconstruction Finance Corporation Create Jobs & Products Government Bailout $$$ Trickle-Down Economics Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS

THE DUST BOWL Who? What? Why? When? Lots of people migrating out of Oklahoma = “Okies” American Farmers Deflation then DUST STORMS WWI Overproduction + Drought = couldn’t grow anything = no profit 1920s s Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS

The Dust Bowl Location:U.S.A, The Great Plains (Nebraska, Oklahoma, etc.) Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS

Bonus March Who? What? Why? When? WWI Veterans Marched from Seattle to DC and camped out Wanted Congress to pass “adjusted compensation” bill Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS

1932 Election Herbert Hoover (R) Franklin Delano Roosevelt (D)

Democrats also won control of the House & Senate

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