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22.3 Surviving the Great Depression

This text explores how Americans coped during the Great Depression, including the practice of penny auctions, the rise of new political parties, signs of change in society, and the end of an era.

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22.3 Surviving the Great Depression

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  1. 22.3 Surviving the Great Depression

  2. Americans Pull Together • People that recovered from the Depression would continue to “pinch pennies.” • When farms would come up for auction, farmers would secretly have penny auctions. • Prevented neighbors from losing everything.

  3. Success of penny auctions led some states to pass laws suspending foreclosures on farms. • In 1930’s 250,000 teenagers were “riding the rails.” • Some involuntarily. • Some for adventure.

  4. Drepression gave some new political parties power-Communist and Socialist. • People turned to humor: Hoovervilles. • Hoover Flags-pocket turned inside out. • Hoover Blankets-newspaper for blanket, etc.

  5. Signs of Change • Feb 1933, prohibition (18th amend.) is repealed. • 21st Amend. • Failed social experiment too much organized crime. • 8 states continued to ban alcohol.

  6. Empire State Building, John J. Raskob-developer, began construction in 1930. • Cost $41 mill employed 2,500 to 4,000 people on any given day. • 102 stories. • Opened May 1, 1931. • Hoover flipped the switch from D.C.

  7. End of Era • Carefree days of ’20s were gone. • Al Capone went to jail, Coolidge died, Babe Ruth retired, Lindbergh baby kidnapped.

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