October 29,1929

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FACES OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION
October 29,1929
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Effects of the Great Depression
Unemployment soared.
In the United States unemployment peaked at 24.9
in 1933. Since most households had only one
income earner the equivalent modern unemployment
rates would likely be much higher.
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People Lost Farms
1930s Farm Life
The Great Depression changed the lives of people
who lived and farmed on the great Plans and in t
urn, changed America. The government programs t
hat helped them live through the 1930s changed
the future of agriculture forever. Weather
touched every part of life in the
Dirty 30s dust, insects, summer heat and
winter cold.
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Banks Closed
As people lost their jobs after the crash,
many needed to spend their savings. When
large numbers of people tried to take money
out of the banks, many banks went out of
business. People who had money in these banks los
t all their savings.
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Businesses Closed
By 1932, thousands of businesses had closed.
One of every 4 American workers was without
a job. Because they could not pay their rent or
house payments, many people lost their homes.
Tramps roamed around the country begging
for handouts.
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Hoovervilles
Entire families had to live in shacks made of
scraps of wood, tin, and paper. Whole towns of t
hese shacks grew up outside most
large cities. Some people called these
Hoovervilles, after the president many American
s blamed for the Great Depression.
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Breadlines and Soup Kitchens
Hungry people stood in line for bread or free
meals at soup kitchens. If you happened to be
one of the first ones in line you didnt get
anything but the water on top. So wed ask the
guy that was putting the soup into the buckets t
o please dip down to get some meat and
potatoes from the bottom of the kettle. But he
wouldnt do it.
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An End to the Great Depression
Newly elected president Franklin Delano Roosevelt
promised, I pledge myself to a new deal for the
American people. He created immediate relief d
uring the 100 days, through acts he
pushed through Congress. Among these were The
Emergency Banking Relief Act, The Economy Act, an
d The Federal Emergency Relief Act.
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Sources
http//americanhistory.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsit
e.htm?sitehttp3A2F 2Fwww.pbs.org2Fnewshour2
Fcharacter2Fessays2Froosevelt.html
http//history1900s.about.com/library/photos/blyin
dexdepression.htm
Tindall, George David Shi, America A Narrative
History. 2004.
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