Hardship and Suffering During the Great Depression.

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Hardship and Suffering During the Great Depression

The Depression hits the Rural Areas

Sam Nichols, tenant farmer, Boone County, Arkansas, October 1935 The Tenant Farmer

Between ,000 farms were lost to forclosure

“ Dust ” hits the Great Plains

Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado became known as the Dust Bowl The Dust Bowl

Dust Bowl Refugees memory.loc.gov/.../ 8b27000/8b27300/8b27316r.jpg

A dust storm approaching Stratford, Texas, on April 18, 1935.

The Depression in the Cities

Shantytowns: (Hoovervilles) little towns consisting of shacks

Soup Kitchens and Bread lines: Offering free or low-cost food and bread

Hoover’s Approach “Every time we find a solutions outside of government, we have not only strengthened character but have preserved our sense of real government” Reactions?

Hoover’s Presidency: Great Depression Hoover took office 1928 Stock market Crash banks closed ,000 out of 25,000 banks failed Gov’t did not insure peoples account Great Depression ( ) GDP- 104 to 59 billion 90,000 businesses bankrupt Unemployment % (1.6 million) % (13 million)

CF Petition of Unemployed for Relief, February 13, Comptroller Files, , Seattle Municipal Archives. Unemployed "Demonstrate flyer,"

Does Hoover Need to take Action? CF Petition of Unemployed for Relief, February 13, Comptroller Files, , Seattle Municipal Archives. Unemployed "Demonstrate flyer,"

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"Bonus Army" WWI Veterans protesting unpaid pensions Copyright 1997 State Historical Society of Wisconsin