1. The Great Depression

2. The Roaring Twenties Economy seemed strong
Less than 4% of American unemployed
1931: Quadruples to 16% (over 8 million)
Break from traditions: Lifestyle / culture changes
Media focused on celebrities
Jazz and Dance
Industrial Growth/New technologies: consumer demand

3. (crime, violence, divorce, child abuse)
Ku Klux Klan
Prohibition
Reformers: “alcohol = root of problems”
18th Amendment (1919) Prohibition: Ban on making/selling alcohol
1920s: “Dry Decade”
Re-formed in South (1915)
Define “American” as Native White Protestant
Influence Spreads
Gain political power
Elect two governors in states
Eventually loses power when people speak out
(crime, violence, divorce, child abuse)

4. 21st amendment (1933): Repeals Prohibition
Prohibition (cont.)
Americans ignore the law
Bootleggers- make/sell illegally
They were named speakeasies because in public, people whispered of them and once inside, they remained quiet to not draw attention to the illegal gathering.
Speakeasies- places where liquor sold*
21st amendment (1933): Repeals Prohibition

5. Factors of the Great Depression

6. 1) Stock Market Crashes 2) Overproduction Items made too fast Supply/
Demand
Lay off workers
Stock Prices higher than actual value
Black Thursday, October 24, 1929: stock prices drop rapidly
Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929: stock market falls apart/crashes
People try to sell stock, no takers
Great Depression
had begun

7. Factors of the Great Depression (cont.)
2) Overproduction
3) Banks out of business
Bought on credit
Can’t pay back
4) Foreign Countries
- Still in debt
- Don’t buy American products

8. Worldwide Effects France: Mild Nothing major Hits later
Germany: Strong
1932: 90% cancelled (repaid in 50’s)
Unemployment near 30%
American loans stopped
Support for Nazi and Communist parties
1935: Gov’t cuts wages, control unions, public work spending
Britain: Strong
Recovering from WWI
Industrial products collapses
Exports fall 50%
Certain cities: 70% unemployment
Less industrialized cities: short lived depression
France: Mild
Nothing major
Hits later
Italy: Very Strong
Large bailout
Out of it
Soviet Union: Very Mild
Only Communist state, little trade
Not tied to rest of world
System viewed favorably

9. III) Farmers Farmers Dust Bowl Drought happens, dries soil
Plain winds cause dust storms
Farmers forced to relocated
Post WWI
Not “Roaring 20’s”
Financial difficulty
Crop prices
Can’t support families
Plow more lands

11. Women African Americans North Lost jobs
Lost jobs to white
“Last hired, first fired”
South
Sharecroppers in fields
Farmer troubles
Lost jobs
Business owners: important to hire married men

12. America Overall America Overall Breadlines Lost Confidence
Uncertainty about future
Businesses: no new investments
Employed: worried about losing jobs
Unemployed: No hope
Breadlines
free food
Symbol of Depression
Homeless sleep anywhere

14. Movies
A) 5 cents B) Seen as escape