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11.2 Life During the Depression

11.2 Life During the Depression. I. The Depression Worsens. A. Unemployment rate peaked at 25%. UNEMPLOYMENT WORSENS THROUGHOUT HOOVER’S PRESIDENCY: 1929-1933 . I. The Depression Worsens…. The unemployed filled the cities Waited in breadlines or ate in soup kitchens.

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11.2 Life During the Depression

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  1. 11.2 Life During the Depression

  2. I. The Depression Worsens A. Unemployment rate peaked at 25% UNEMPLOYMENT WORSENS THROUGHOUT HOOVER’S PRESIDENCY: 1929-1933

  3. I. The Depression Worsens… • The unemployed filled the cities • Waited in breadlines or ate in soup kitchens

  4. I. The Depression Worsens… 2. Bailiffsejected nonpaying tenants from their homes after losing them to bank foreclosures

  5. I. The Depression Worsens… 3. Homeless set up shelters known as Hoovervilles

  6. I. The Depression Worsens… • Families were torn apart • Men struggled with self-esteem issues • Families relied on mothers for support

  7. I. The Depression Worsens… D. Hobos rode the rails looking for work •In 1932, estimates were at 1 million people roaming the country •1/4 were under the age of 21 •In 1932 alone, reports stated trains killed 1,886 hoboes http://www.supremecouncil.org/publications/BoardingATrain.mp3

  8. II. The Dust Bowl A. Area of land in the Great Plains devastated by drought & wind storms

  9. II. The Dust Bowl… • Causes • Over-farming destroyed the prairie grass • Severe drought dried the land • Wind storms blew away the soil in clouds of dust

  10. II. The Dust Bowl… • Consequences • Crop production decreased • Banks foreclosed on farms • Farmers migrated to CA to find new work (known as Okies)

  11. MIGRANT CAMPS IN CALIFORNIA WHERE REFUGEES CAME TO MAKE A NEW START

  12. “Sunny Cal” By Jack Bryant, 1940 You’ve all heard the story Of old Sunny Cal The place where it never rains They say it don’t know how. They say “Come on, you Okies, Work is easy found Bring along your cotton pack You can pick the whole year round. Get your money ever’ night Spread your blanket on the ground It’s always bright and warm You can sleep right on the ground.” But listen to me Okies I came out here one day Spent all my money getting here Now I can’t get away.

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