1. The Great Depression
Chapter 23
Section 1 –
Part 2

2. The Human Cost Unemployment from 3% to 25% - 13 million w/o a job
If you had a job your hours were cut
Soup kitchens, Hoovervilles, and Hoover blankets

3. Employment Many people found themselves out of a jobs for years
African American men, and other minorities were discriminated against in the workplace and became targets of hostility

4. Housing Many unemployed people lost their homes
Many homeless living in the streets or in shanty towns
Many farmers lost their farms

5. Physical Health
Poor and homeless people scavenged or begged for food or turned to soup kitchens and bread lines
Poor diet and lack of health care increased rates of serious health problems
Malnutrition and starvation grew more common

6. Racial Relations
Intense competition for jobs sparked existing racial resentments into open hostility and violence
In 1933, 24 African Americans lynched
Thousands of MA left the US voluntarily or were deported

7. Farming
Farmland already exhausted through overproduction was hit with draught and winds, turning the plains into the Dust Bowl
Dramatic decreases in farm prices and income
Many farmers lost ownership of their farms and were forced to become tenant farms or farm laborers

8. Family Life
The Depression strengthened family ties, but also increased family tensions
Some men abandoned their families, discouraged by their inability to provide for them
Women also faced greater pressure to provide for themselves and their families

9. Emotional Health Many people became demoralized
Suicides and admissions to mental hospitals increased dramatically
People were forced to accept compromises that would affect the rest of their lives
Some people came to want financial security more than anything else in life