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Impact of the Great Depression on American Citizens

Impact of the Great Depression on American Citizens . Unemployment . Unemployment was the cause of hardships during the Great Depression. Competition for low paying jobs Discrimination . Unemployment Rate. The Homeless . Due to the Unemployment, the number of homeless was on the rise

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Impact of the Great Depression on American Citizens

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  1. Impact of the Great Depressionon American Citizens

  2. Unemployment • Unemployment was the cause of hardships during the Great Depression. • Competition for low paying jobs • Discrimination

  3. Unemployment Rate

  4. The Homeless • Due to the Unemployment, the number of homeless was on the rise • Many people lost there houses • Hoovervilles

  5. Hoovervilles • Shacks made of cardboard, sheet metal, and plywood • Named after President Herbert Hoover. • Central Park

  6. Boxcar Children • Teenagers left their homes and road on trains for long periods of time

  7. Farmers • Farmers World War I produced record numbers • Prices fell – more production • Farmers went bankrupt and many of them lost their farms • Weather was also terrible for crops during this time- Dust Bowl

  8. Starvation • Hoover- “Nobody is actually starving. The hobos are better fed than they have ever been” • 1931- 20 deaths in New York • 1934- 110 deaths

  9. Breadlines • Many Breadlines were formed during the Great Depression • Supported by churches, missions, and charities

  10. Sources • "The Human Impact of the Great Depression." The Human Impact of the Great Depression. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Jan. 2014. • "The Great Depression Statistics." Shmoop. Shmoop University Inc., n.d. Web. 13 Jan. 2014. • "The Great Depression Hits Farms and Cities in the 1930s « Iowa Pathways." The Great Depression Hits Farms and Cities in the 1930s « Iowa Pathways. Iowa Public Television, n.d. Web. 12 Jan. 2014.

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