1. Chapter 14 Section 2 Notes Depression causes problems

2. Urban Areas High Unemployment People Evicted from homes
owed $$$ on mortgage – couldn’t pay
Shantytowns started popping up
Communities of shacks, plywood
Located on outskirts of major cities
Soup Kitchens (inside)
Bread Lines (outside)
Hoboes wandered around from
town to town, looking for jobs.

3. Rural Areas Farmers lost land
couldn’t sell crops to make payments on loans taken out to buy it.
Dust Bowl (causes in DBQ and on next page)
Parts of 5 states (about 150,000 sq miles)
land unusable for farming
Okies
families left to get work elsewhere
Most popular destination = California

4. Causes of the Dust Bowl

5. Minorities Discrimination and violence against minorities increased.
Higher unemployment rates than whites.
High rates of deportation among Latinos
High rate of lynchings against blacks.

6. Women Women pinched pennies to help families survive
Sewed old clothes, didn’t waste anything
Many lost jobs outside of home

7. Teens and Kids often malnourished suffered major health problems
govt. cut budget for welfare programs
schools
closed or cut amount of time in school.
college enrollment decreased
frequently worked in sweatshops (little $)
Teenagers frequently ran away
attempted to “see the country”
Encountered problems (beaten, raped, robbed, etc…)

8. Effects of the Depression on Society
Suicide rate rose by over 30%.
Mental hospitals admitted 3 times
more patients than in the 1920s.
# of marriages decreased.
Birthrate decreased.
Health problems increased
less $ to get medical help
Shortage of doctors/dentists
Many people became “savers”
In some cases, lasts rest of their lives
never invested in the stock market again.
rarely, if ever, bought anything on credit.

9. What did the U.S. Gov. Do to Help?
NO direct relief early on
too overwhelmed
Didn’t believe in it (Sec 3)
Some help
City govs.
Charities
People frustrated