1. The Great Depression

2. I) Pre-Stock Market Crash
A) Economy seemed strong B) Less than 4% of American unemployed -1930: More than doubles -1931: Quadruples to 16% (over 8 million)

4. II) Factors of the Great Depression
1) Stock Crash
2) Overproduction
Items made too fast
Supply/Demand
Lay off workers

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

7. Recall What were the four factors that led to the Great Depression?
Which factor do you think was the most important?

8. III) Farmers
A) Post WWI
Not “Roaring 20’s”
Financial difficulty

9. III) Farmers
B) Crop prices
Can’t support families
Plow more lands

10. III) Farmers C) Dust Bowl Drought happens, dries soil
Plain winds cause dust storms
Farmers forced to relocated

14. IV) African Americans A) North B) South Lost jobs to white
“Last hired, first fired”
B) South
Sharecroppers in fields
Farmer troubles

15. V) Women
Lost jobs
Business owners: important to hire married men

16. Partner Discussion
Overall, who had the worst Great Depression experience: Farmers, African Americans, or women?

17. VI) America Overall
A) Lost Confidence

18. VI) America Overall B) Uncertainty about future
Businesses: no new investments
Employed: worried about losing jobs
Unemployed: No hope

19. VI) America Overall
C) Breadlines
free food
Symbol of Depression

26. Summarize
Write a two sentence summary about American’s experience during the Great Depression.