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From Prosperity to Panic The U.S. enters the Great Depression
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The Roaring Twenties end in 1929 America enters the Great Depression
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REVIEW: 1920s - Imminent Crash! Growing income gap rich poor Rural / urban divide Overspending (Credit) Risky investments
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Today’s Note-Taking Focus First, listen and fill in the missing numbers Then, listen again and take notes on each main point. – NOTE: You will not see many words on today’s powerpoint. I will mainly show pictures. Listen for the main ideas.
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Listen and fill in the missing numbers.
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Listen and take notes on the main ideas under each statistic.
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Stock Market Crash!
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Banks Failed
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Unemployment
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Breadlines
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Hoovervilles
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Homeless Men Wandered
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Suicide Increased
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Farms were foreclosed & repossessed. (Farmers couldn’t pay their mortgages.)
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Dust Bowl
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“Black Blizzards”
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Migrants (“Okies”)
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Review
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What happened in 1929 if your bank failed? A.You had to wait to get your money back. B.The government would pay you back. C.You lost all of the money you had in the bank. D.The insurance company would pay you back
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What is a mortgage? A.A bank loan for land or a house. B.A farm. C.A migrant worker. D.Another word for a “Hooverville.”
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Where was the “Dust Bowl”? A.California B.The South C.The Southern Great Plains D.The Midwest
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Who were “Okies?” A.All people from Oklahoma B.Women whose husbands left them C.Homeless men who left cities to find work D.Dispossessed farmers who moved west
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Who were “Okies?” A.People from Oklahoma. B.Women whose husbands left them C.Homeless men who left cities to find work D.Dispossessed farmers who moved west
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NEXT LECTURE: The government takes action!
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