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Great Depression and the Dust Bowl: 1929-
1942
Great Depression and the Dust Bowl: 1929-
1942
Looking at how the depression affected people’s
lives
Looking at how the depression affected people’s
lives
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Great Depression and the Dust Bowl
Great Depression and the Dust Bowl
• By 1932, 12 million people were unemployed
• That is 25% of the entire American population at this time. (The unemployment rate now is 7%)
• By 1932, 12 million people were unemployed
• That is 25% of the entire American population at this time. (The unemployment rate now is 7%)
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Great Depression and the Dust Bowl
Great Depression and the Dust Bowl
• How do you eat when you have no money?
• People had to wait in bread lines and at soup kitchens for food
• How do you eat when you have no money?
• People had to wait in bread lines and at soup kitchens for food
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Great Depression and the Dust Bowl
Great Depression and the Dust Bowl
• Many people lost their entire life savings when the banks failed, and therefore they also lost their homes
• They had to make new homes out of cardboard, tin, or crates
• These makeshift homes are known as Hoovervilles
• Many people lost their entire life savings when the banks failed, and therefore they also lost their homes
• They had to make new homes out of cardboard, tin, or crates
• These makeshift homes are known as Hoovervilles
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Great Depression and the Dust Bowl
Great Depression and the Dust Bowl
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Great Depression and the Dust Bowl
Great Depression and the Dust Bowl
• What about the farmers out west?
• Life was just as bad as they faced falling income, foreclosure, and drought
• What about the farmers out west?
• Life was just as bad as they faced falling income, foreclosure, and drought
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Great Depression and the Dust Bowl
Great Depression and the Dust Bowl
• Their income dropped by half
• Why?
• People could not buy food!
• Their income dropped by half
• Why?
• People could not buy food!
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Great Depression and the Dust Bowl
Great Depression and the Dust Bowl
• A drought in the plain states and southwest worsened their situation
• A drought in the plain states and southwest worsened their situation
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Great Depression and the Dust Bowl
Great Depression and the Dust Bowl
• The drought combined with poor farming methods resulted in a loss of topsoil, which would get whipped into giant dust storms
• The “Dust Bowl”
• The drought combined with poor farming methods resulted in a loss of topsoil, which would get whipped into giant dust storms
• The “Dust Bowl”
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Great Depression and the Dust Bowl
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Great Depression and the Dust Bowl
Great Depression and the Dust Bowl
• People couldn’t live and farm here with these economic and environmental problems
• A group of migrant farmers moved to California looking for work
• They are known as Okies
• People couldn’t live and farm here with these economic and environmental problems
• A group of migrant farmers moved to California looking for work
• They are known as Okies
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Great Depression and the Dust Bowl
Great Depression and the Dust Bowl
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Great Depression and the Dust Bowl
Great Depression and the Dust Bowl
• How do we beat the Depression?
• Starts in 1932 with a new President
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt defeats Hoover (FDR)
• He promises a New Deal for Americans
• How do we beat the Depression?
• Starts in 1932 with a new President
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt defeats Hoover (FDR)
• He promises a New Deal for Americans