1. Great Depression

2. GREAT DEPRESSION

3. Great Depression
Great Depression period of extremely high unemployment and economic disparity

4. Great Depression
Stock market crash of Billions of $ lost, 16 million shares of stock were sold
Black Tuesday- Oct. 29th 1929

5. Great Depression Overproduction- producing to much
Under Consumption- consumption of less than in produced.

6. Dust Bowl
Dust Bowl- term used for the central and southern great plains region of the U.S. during the 1930’s which suffered from drought and dust storms.

7. Dust Bowl

8. Dust Bowl
Migration west- over 800,000 people moved westward to find jobs and new homes.

9. Social and Political Impacts
Unemployment- 1929= 3% of pop. unemployed
1933= 25% of pop. unemployed
Hoovervilles- makeshift shantytowns of tents and shacks built on public land or vacant lots. Named after president Hoover.

10. Hoovervilles