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Life During the Depression

Life During the Depression. Ch. 17.2. Objectives. Describe how the Great Depression affected American families. Discuss how artists portrayed the effects of the Depression. Depression Worsens. I. Depression Worsens

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Life During the Depression

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  1. Life During the Depression Ch. 17.2

  2. Objectives • Describe how the Great Depression affected American families. • Discuss how artists portrayed the effects of the Depression.

  3. Depression Worsens I. Depression Worsens *Stats= (1933) 9,000 banks fail, 30,000 companies fail, 12 million unemployed. A. Releif 1. Soup Kitchens & Bread Lines B. Makeshift Villages 1. shantytowns = HOOVERVILLES a. hobos

  4. 0 What name was given to homeless villages outside major cities? • Hardingvilles • Coolidegvilles • Obamavilles • Hoovervilles

  5. The Dust Bowl C. Dust Bowl 1. Great Plains = drought a. over-farmed without crop rotation -dried soil + winds = dust clouds b. “Okies”

  6. 0 Where was the Dust Bowl? • California • Great Plains • Mississippi • Ohio

  7. Escaping the Depression II. Escaping the Depression A. Hollywood 1. Walt Disney  a. Snow White (1937) 2. Wizard of Oz (1939)  3. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington  4. Gone With the Wind 5. Radio = Soap Operas

  8. Depression in Art III. Depression in Art A. American Gothic – Grant Wood B. Migrant Mother – William Faulkner C. Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck

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