1. Life During the Depression 1930s People were impoverished (destitute, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken) Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS

2. Life During the Great Depression Good Short Answer: How were the lives of Americans affected by the Great Depression? Provide Examples (Chapter 22: Section 2) Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS

3. Life During the Great Depression -1932 = 30,000 businesses closed -1933 = 9,000 banks closed -1933 = 12 million unemployed ¼ workforce -In 3 years = Family Income from $2,300/yr to $1,600/yr Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS

4. Unemployment: people left their homes in search of jobs (hobos) Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS

7. Hunger = forced to wait in line for soup & bread Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS

8. Housing = many families could not afford rent… Many were evicted bailiffs (court officials) came in and kicked you out of your house. Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS

10. Shantytowns Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS

13. Hoover’s Plan = Reconstruction Finance Corporation Create Jobs & Products Government Bailout $$$ Trickle-Down Economics Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS

14. THE DUST BOWL Who? What? Why? When? Lots of people migrating out of Oklahoma = “Okies” American Farmers Deflation then DUST STORMS WWI Overproduction + Drought = couldn’t grow anything = no profit 1920s --1930s Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS

15. The Dust Bowl Location:U.S.A, The Great Plains (Nebraska, Oklahoma, etc.) Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS

20. Bonus March Who? What? Why? When? WWI Veterans Marched from Seattle to DC and camped out Wanted Congress to pass “adjusted compensation” bill 1932--1936 Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS

25. 1932 Election Herbert Hoover (R) Franklin Delano Roosevelt (D)

26. Democrats also won control of the House & Senate

27. Created by Mrs. Bedard PVMHS