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1 23.2 Hard Times OBJECTIVES Explain how unemployment affected Americans in the 1930s. Discuss what rural and urban living conditions were like during the Great Depression. Explain what American did for entertainment in the 1930s.

2 Bellringer As unemployment rates rise what happens to your chance of obtaining a job? Why?

3 Compare and Share HW Discuss the main factors that led to the Great Depression Who were the authors of the Lost Generation? What did the Red Scare and the revival of the KKK reveal about the 1920s? What were the Alien and Sedition Acts?

4 Intro- movie

5 “Work is What I Want!” Unemployed Wages dropped
1929 – 1.5 million 1932 – 12 million Wages dropped Industrial output halved Decrease in immigration Increased Racial discrimination WHY?

6 Employed Women increases
Apple Sellers

7 Life in the City Relief from city governments and Private charities like the Red Cross Mutual Aid Societies

8 Breadlines

9 Shantytowns/Hoovervilles

10 Life on the Farm Could not sell food Crops rotted/cattle slaughtered
Unable to pay debt -- Foreclosures Migrant Work

11 Family Life Some Pulled Together Others were torn apart

12 Debut of Mickey Mouse

13 Popular Culture Movies Marx Brothers Gangster films Radio

14 Escapism – Wizard of Oz

15 Literature Magazines and comic books – CHEAP! Escapism


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