Farming Issues

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Farming Issues

• What was the farmers experiences in the Great
  Depression?
• ESL Literature Class (Ms.Reyes)

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Introduction

• America, the land of opportunity, now seemed to
  have no opportunity at all, this was the Great
  Depression.
• Farmers faced total ruin---crop equipment
  losses, mortgage foreclosures, bankruptcy,
  dispossession.
• Million of American workers lost their jobs, with
  no hopes of finding other work that could
  maintain their livelihoods.

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How did government help the farmers during the
great depression?

• AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Administration)
• -reduce production
• CCC (Civilian conservation Crops)
• -public works
• SCS ( Soil Conservation Service)
• - encouraged farmers to use soil conservation
  methods
• - stop erosion
• - help conserve soil fertility

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How did government help the farmers during the
Great Depression?

• FSA ( The Farm Security Administration)
• - use government payment to buy tractors
• TVA ( Tennessee Valley Authority)
• - flood control, reforestation soil
  conservation
• REA ( Rural Electrification Administration)
• - bring electricity to farmhouses
• Provide funds to the Federal Land Bank
• - refinancing farm mortgages
• - repurchase foreclosed lands

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Summer(1934)

• Quarter inches of rain
• Dionne Quintuplets
• Wild boy of the road
• The accident
• The nightmare
• The pain

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How did the dust bowl affect children?

• In 1935, there was a dust storm in the Midwest.
• Most of the good top soil were whirled away.
• Millions of dollars crops were destroyed.
• It was hard for people to survive in the thick
  dust
• The death rate increased
• School and businesses were shut down

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Lets continue!

• Many children got Pneumonia and other Lung
  infection
• malnutrition
• They began digging through the garbage
• They called out of school
• Look for jobs
• Help their families
• They had no clothes to wear
• Every thing must be washed before using it
• They had to cover their mouths while they slept

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Summer 1934( out of the dust)

• Drinking (July 1934)
• Devoured( August 1934)
• Blame (August 1934)
• Birthday (August 1934)
• Roots (August 1934)
• The Empty Spaces (September 1934)
• The Hole (September 1934)

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Conclusion

• In conclusion, were so lucky to have the chance
  to learn about the Great Depression, the problem
  that people faced and how they survived
• It was very helpful to work in groups, to help
  each other and do our best to be ready to present

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Acknowledgement

• Firstly, we want to thank Ms.Reyes for giving us
  the opportunity to work on this project and learn
  about the Great Depression.
• We want to give a special thank you to Ms.Powers
  for taking the time from her busy schedule to
  teach us how to get information from Print,
  Database and www. and also the citation.
• Thank you for everyone in the group for working
  so hard in this project and being so responsible
  doing their own parts.
• Thank you mom-mom for giving us permissions to
  get to the library and work with the other
  partners.