1. Unit #8 The Great Depression of 1930s
LESSON #8:3
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2. Struggling to get by In 1929, _______ banks had failed
In 1930 – more than _________ failed
In 1932 – ________ companies went bankrupt
by 1933 –25% of America was unemployed
The jobless had no $$ for food
They often turned to government handouts
Stood in bread lines
Lined up for soup kitchens
People who could not pay rent, were __________
Homelessness became normal
They built small shantytowns, called them HOOVERVILES
Why do you think they called them that name?

3. What is exceptional about the sale of this car?
What does this sale say about investors at this time?

4. 1929: Unemployment hit 1,550,000 – 3.5% of population
GRAPH THESE NUMBERS

5. Migration of Americans
Lots of Americans evicted from their homes __________ __________to find a better life
Some went east, some went south, most went west, to ________________
By the end of the depression, more than 2,500,000 Americans moved away
Some just moved from place to place, hitching rides on freight trains illegally
They became known as _________
Lot of immigrants went _________ to their home countries
The US government set up a program to ________ them!
Any immigrant found guilty of a crime would likely be deported

6. The Dust Bowl
Farmers had worked the Mid West decades – irrigation was key
They over farmed the land for years
A ___________ in 1930 hit, just as many farmers stopped farming
Then, something strange happened…
The fine “top soil” that had been dark and rich was _________ by the winds; the movement caused static
Clinging to that first layer, more dust was attracted to the fine mist of dust, and grew and grew
Soon, a giant dust _____ ________ feet high blew across the nation
Millions of # of dirt moved thousands of miles… all the way to the East coast

7. Draw in where the Dust Bowl started, then arrows where dust went.

8. Reaction to the Dust Bowl
The sky went ____________
Animals and people caught outside could be _________ from suffocation
As many as _____ storms hit a year in the 1930s
Others died a slower death called dust bowl pneumonia
People in _____ ______ found themselves covered with dust from Oklahoma
Even ships ______ miles out to sea in the Atlantic got covered in dust from Oklahoma
Many people moved out west to escape
Californians called the “OKIES,” since many had moved from Oklahoma