1. Analyze this Primary Source
1) What do you think this quote is talking about?
2)What does this quote tell us about this era of history?
"Three or four million heads of households don't turn into tramps and cheats overnight, nor do they lose the habits and standards of a lifetime... They don't drink any more than the rest of us, they don't lie any more, they're no lazier than the rest of us.... An eighth or a tenth of the earning population does not change its character which has been generations in the molding, or, if such a change actually occurs, we can scarcely charge it up to personal sin." - Federal relief administrator Harry Hopkins,

2. Unit 7
The Great Depression

3. Why does the Great Depression matter?
Even though the 1920s was a period of prosperity, there were many things that undermined the economy
The 1930s would suffer for the wealth and practices of the 20s
It could happen again!

4. What is stock? Stock is ownership of a company
Companies sell ownership stakes to raise money
Bull market = Long period of rising stock prices

5. 1920s and the Stock Market
1920s Bull Market convinced people to invest in stocks
Speculation (or betting) led to people investing $$ thinking market would continue bull run (think housing market)
Margin allowed people to buy stock with only a little money

6. What does this cartoon mean?

7. STOP AND LOOK!!!!
Turn to page 233 in your textbook and analyze the chart “The Market Falls”
Answer questions 1 & 2 in your notes
Be prepared to share out to the class in 3 minutes

8. How did the stock market lead to the Great Depression?
Prices in stocks began to fall when people stopped putting money into the market
This led to stock owners selling their stock
As more stock became available prices dropped
People who had invested and not sold now owned worthless stock

9. What happened when banks closed?
Market crash hurt banks 2 ways:
1) Banks had lent $$$ to people buying stock
2) Banks had invested $$ in market
Banks stopped lending money = people were not buying
Banks start going out of business which leads to a -> BANK RUN
Banks make money by lending your money to others and collecting interest. If too many people withdraw their $$$ at once bank can’t give it to everyone

10. STOP AND LOOK – Pg 235
With a partner read and analyze the chart on page 235
Answer the questions pertaining to the chart
Be prepared to share out in 5 minutes

11. The Great Depression 1929 – Part 2
A 26 minute documentary
The Great Depression 1929 – Part 2
How did Hoover respond?
What role did Rockefeller play?
What happened at the banks when the market crashed?
What were the underlying causes?
How did Hoover make it worse?
How did families get by during this time?

12. Exit Ticket 1. What major factors led to the great depression?
2. How do you foresee such a catastrophic loss impacting average americans?
3. What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act and how did it lead to “Bleeding” Kansas?