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The Great Depression

The Great Depression. Prosperity Shattered Hard Times Hoover’s Policies. Activity. What is most money spent on during the 1920s? What is the economic boom based on in the 1920s? How did one man’s actions affect the condition of banks in 1928?

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The Great Depression

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  1. The Great Depression Prosperity Shattered Hard Times Hoover’s Policies

  2. Activity • What is most money spent on during the 1920s? • What is the economic boom based on in the 1920s? • How did one man’s actions affect the condition of banks in 1928? • What affect does the stock market crash have on employment? • How does the Dust Bowl affect the health of men, women and children living on the plains? • What was the original purpose of developing Mount Rushmore? • What is Germany doing in Europe while America is going through the Great Depression? • How does boxer Joe Louis’ rematch against Germany reflect America’s attitude during the Great Depression?

  3. Bell Ringer • Look at pages 358 and 398 to answer the following questions: • What is going on in this picture? Why? • Does the picture display the state of the economy? How do you know? • What is different about these two pictures?

  4. Objectives • Describe why the stock market crashed in 1929. • Analyze the main causes of the Great Depression.

  5. Timeline Activity 11 • Read over the paragraphs at the top of the sheet and follow the directions below.

  6. Economic Troubles on the Horizon • Era of prosperity becomes era of economic problems • People use credit to help promote business • Clash between a bull market and a bear market

  7. The Stock Market Crashes • Bubble bursts on Black Thursday • Prices sink to shocking low on Black Tuesday

  8. The Depression Begins • People have trouble paying loans • Businesses are failing • Marking the beginning of the Great Depression

  9. Causes of the Great Depression • Economic trouble in Europe • Smoot-Hawley Tariff has opposite affect on economy • What do historians think???

  10. The Great Depression Prosperity Shattered Hard Times Hoover’s Policies

  11. Activity • Responses to the Depression Activity Sheet • Individual (30 seconds each) • Group (1 minute each) • Final Results • #1)Most Reasonable: • #1)Least Reasonable: • #2)Most Reasonable: • #2)Least Reasonable: • #3)Most Reasonable: • #3)Least Reasonable:

  12. Bell Ringer • Read over The Depression Takes Its Toll and answer the questions on the back.

  13. Objectives • Describe how unemployment during the Great Depression affected the lives of American workers. • Compare and contrast the hardships that urban and rural residents faced during the depression. • Analyze how the Great Depression affected family life and the attitudes of Americans. • Explain how popular culture provided an escape from the Great Depression.

  14. American Workers • By 1933 15 million are unemployed • Immigration decreases • Economic troubles add to discrimination • Women working increases • Most sell apples as a form of income

  15. Life in the City • Salvation Army and Red Cross provide relief • Mutualistas formed to look out for others • Breadlines allowed for a source of food • Malnutrition and homelessness are major problems

  16. Math in Social Studies • During the Great Depression (1929-1941), for every 8 hours of the day 1 person would die due to malnutrition. How many people died during the Great Depression from malnutrition?

  17. “HOOVERVILLE” • Shantytowns were created to act as shelters

  18. Life on the Farms • Supply exceeds demand • Banks begin to foreclose on farms

  19. The Great Depression in the City and the Country • Received aid from charities • Experienced hunger and homelessness • Mutual-aid organizations • Faced lower prices for food products • Forced to let crops rot • Faced farm foreclosures • Experienced poverty • Experienced diminished expectations URBAN RURAL

  20. Family Life • Marriage rates and birthrates decline • Women have to provide for family in multiple ways • Depressions describe the economy and the mood

  21. Popular Culture

  22. The Great Depression Prosperity Shattered Hard Times Hoover’s Policies

  23. Bell Ringer • Read the letter from Father Flye as he addresses the biggest concern of the Great Depression. • Answer the questions on the back.

  24. Objectives • Explain why Hoover opposed government relief programs. • Outline the Hoover administration’s attempts to solve the economic problems of the depression. • Analyze why Franklin D. Roosevelt was such a popular candidate in the 1932 election.

  25. Hoover’s Philosophy • Believes in rugged individualism • Build character, volunteer • Assist in relief efforts • Community Chest • Red Cross • YMCA • Salvation Army

  26. Boost the Economy • Public works projects (Hoover Dam) • Federal Farm Board allows government to hand out loans • Hope for a trickle effect

  27. Rumblings of Discontent • Groups become more vocal • Socialists, Communists encourage activism • Bonus Army and the shocking treatment to veterans

  28. The Election of 1932 • Democrats choose Franklin D. Roosevelt • He promises a “new deal” in life

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