1. An Introduction

2.  During WWII  Banks ran out of money  Less jobs  People moved westward  1930s

3.  What happened during that time?  How did it start?  How did it end?  How people stayed alive?  When did it happen?  How long?  Did people die?  WHY did it happen?  What caused the GD?

5.  When? The 1929-1939 (Start of WWII)  Where? The United States  Who? EVERYONE.  Cause? The Stock Market Crash of 1929

6.  During the 1920’s people were spending money, buying excessively and investing aggressively.  People were also BORROWING a lot of money.  Stock Market Crash- October 1929

8.  Farmers were already feeling the effects before The Crash Prices of crops went down Many farms foreclosed  People could not afford luxuries Factories shut down Businesses went out  Banks could not pay out money  People could not pay their taxes Schools shut down due to lack of funds  Many families became homeless and had to live in shanties

9.  Herbert Hoover was president at the start of the Great Depression  His philosophy: “We’ll make it!”  What He Did to Help: Nothing  The poor were looking for help, and H.H. had no ideas about how to correct or help.

10.  Some families were forced to live in shanty towns  A grouping of shacks and tents in vacant lots  They were referred to as “Hooverville” because of President Hoover’s lack of help during the depression.

11.  When he was inaugurated in 1933 unemployment had increased by 7 million.  Poor sections (like Harlem) had 50% of the pop. unemployed  Instated the “New Deal”  People everywhere were effected by the depression  Roosevelt took action and put policies into place that gave people hope that things would get better… and they did.  WWII… you tell me!

12. ½ page- full page: Due TOMORROW!  Imagine what it was like living in America in the 1930’s.  Write a diary entry from the perspective of a teenager discussing: Where you are living… Family Hardships  Food, money, work, etc.  Hopes and dreams for the future, or are you hopeless right now?  What you are doing to help your family survive?  Your day to day life.