Ch' 14 Sec 2The Great Depression - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

1 / 41
About This Presentation
Title:

Ch' 14 Sec 2The Great Depression

Description:

During the Depression Americans did what they had to do to survive. ... How did people struggle to survive the Great Depression? ... – PowerPoint PPT presentation

Number of Views:67
Avg rating:3.0/5.0
Slides: 42
Provided by: NPSD
Category:

less

Transcript and Presenter's Notes

Title: Ch' 14 Sec 2The Great Depression


1
Ch. 14 Sec 2-The Great Depression
  • Hardships Suffering

2
  • -During the Depression Americans did what they
    had to do to survive.
  • -Depression brought hardship, homelessness and
    hunger to millions.

3
Ch 14 Sec 2 Essential Questions
  • How did people struggle to survive the Great
    Depression?
  • How did the Depression affect men, women and
    children?
  • What was the Dust Bowl?

4
The Depression Devastates
5
Hardships
6
Suffering
7
Depression In the Cities
  • Lost Jobs
  • Evicted from Homes
  • People slept in parks and sewer pipes
  • Hooverblanket
  • Hooverville
  • Soup kitchens
  • Breadlines

8
Hoovervilles
9
Soup kitchens and Breadlines
10
Hooverblankets
11
African-Americans and Latinos
  • Highest Unemployment
  • Lowest paid
  • Racial Violence
  • Lynchings
  • Deportations

12
Depression in Rural Areas
  • Falling Crop prices
  • Rising debt
  • 400,000 farm foreclosures
  • Had to tenant farm

13
The Dust Bowl
  • Overproduction of land
  • Unsuitable for farming
  • Droughts
  • Windstorms
  • KS,CO,TX,NM,OK

14
(No Transcript)
15
(No Transcript)
16
(No Transcript)
17
(No Transcript)
18
(No Transcript)
19
Farmer Exodus
  • Farmers and Families pack up
  • Head West on Route 66
  • California
  • Okies
  • The Grapes of Wrath

20
(No Transcript)
21
(No Transcript)
22
Family Life
  • Emphasis on Family
  • Stayed at home
  • Played Board Games
  • Monopoly ( 1933)
  • Radio
  • Neighborhood help

23
(No Transcript)
24
Men in the Streets
  • Men could not support their families
  • Some even abandoned them
  • 300,000 became Hoboes
  • No Direct relief from the Fed. Gov, NYC 2.39 per
    Family

25
(No Transcript)
26
(No Transcript)
27
(No Transcript)
28
(No Transcript)
29
Women Struggle
  • Many Women canned food or sewed clothes to make
    money.
  • Faced resentment that they had it easier than
    men.
  • Many thought married women should not hold jobs
    with men out of work.
  • Received less money than men.

30
(No Transcript)
31
(No Transcript)
32
Children Suffer
  • Poor Diets Malnutrition
  • Rickets, other diseases
  • 2,600 schools closed
  • 300,000 out of school
  • Hoover Tourists
  • If I leave my mother, it will mean one less
    mouth to feed. Eugene Williams 13

33
(No Transcript)
34
(No Transcript)
35
(No Transcript)
36
Social and Psychological Effects
  • 1928-1932 Suicide rate rose by 30.
  • 3x admittance to mental hospitals
  • No doctors or dentists
  • No college for young people
  • No marriage, or children
  • Distrust of banks and the market
  • Habits of Savings and Thriftiness

37
(No Transcript)
38
(No Transcript)
39
(No Transcript)
40
(No Transcript)
41
The End
Write a Comment
User Comments (0)
About PowerShow.com