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The Great Depression Family Life and Communities

The Great Depression Family Life and Communities. By: Abigail Cabral, Hannah Aforismo , Austin Caracciolo , Admir Basha. Have you ever thought about how families functioned during the Great Depression? . http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/his1005spring2011/files/2011/03/J9-1.jpg.

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The Great Depression Family Life and Communities

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  1. The Great DepressionFamily Life and Communities By: Abigail Cabral, Hannah Aforismo, Austin Caracciolo, AdmirBasha

  2. Have you ever thought about how families functioned during the Great Depression? http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/his1005spring2011/files/2011/03/J9-1.jpg

  3. The Great Depression • http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/photoessay.htm • World Exchange bank closes. • October 29th, 1929 (known as Black Tuesday) • Stock and share prices fell80% • a panicked selling of all the shares • many people lost huge sums of money • January 1930 -March 1933 9,000 banks closed • http://libcom.org/history/1930-1939-unemployed-workers-movement • “Free Coffee & Doughnuts for the unemployed” • unemployment was 25% (at its highest) • families lost homes • 1932: 25,000 families and 200,000 young people wandered

  4. During the Great Depression home life and communities changed drastically. www.stockpickssystem.com

  5. Living During the Depression hoovervillehistory.tripod.com • kids.britannica.com • Community meals (soup & bread) • hunger threats • Canned, pickled, and preserved foods • history1900s.about.com • Smaller housings • Thousands lost homes • Technology (prices and ownership) • Hoovervilles (group of shacks, President Herbert Hoover)

  6. Typical Families Incomes • 16 million without jobs • Changed from $2,300 to $1,600 per year (30% decrease) • Soon made $12000 per year due to changes history1900s.about.com

  7. What did families do for recreational fun? • Families looked for simple and inexpensive ways to pass time • www.salem-news.com • Radios were the era's most popular diversion. • 86% occupied daily by 1939 • Average of 4.5 hrs daily • Fireside chats (Roosevelt) • http://depts.washington.edu/depress/images/sports/1937_hs_football_cwa_432.jpg • Sports could be a way to pass time. • baseball, football, hockey, and boxing • Prices deterred fans

  8. Families Jobs & Responsibilities • Women: • Manufacturing • Limited options • Took care of home • Men: • Paid very little • Difficult labor • Only ones who were paid • Children: • Work in factories • Household work

  9. Racial Discrimination • darrow.law.umn.edu • Employers would only hire white workers • People wanted white communities only • www.stageandcinema.com • Scottsboro boys- 9 black teenage boys, arrested for being falsely accused of raping two white women

  10. Although, some people do think that the Great Depression brought the country together much more. But home and community life was still very affected for the worse. Such as: • Income • Types of activities • Jobs and responsibilities • Discrimination filipspagnoli.wordpress.com

  11. So go out now and learn about the Great Depression, and see how the US overcame the obstacle and became a stronger country overall. Thanks for watching!!

  12. Works Cited • Ciment, James. "Arts and Culture." The Great Depression and New Deal. Sharpe Online Reference (2013): N. Pag. Web. 15 Oct 2013. • Holley, Donald. "Great Depression." Great Events from History: The Twentieth Century, 1901-1940. Ed. Robert F. Gorman. 6 Vols. Salem Press, 2007. Salem History Web. 10 Oct. 2013. • Lewis, Thomas Tandy. "Unemployment in the United States." The Thirties in America. Ed. • "Wealth Tax Act (1935)." The Great Depression and New Deal. Sharpe Online Reference

  13. Thomas Tandy Lewis. 3 Vols. Salem Press, 2011. Salem History Web. 15 Oct. 2013. • Mitchener, Kris James. "Great Depression." World Book Student. World Book, 2013. Web. 10 Oct. 2013. • Moore, Patrick. "African Americans." The Great Depression and New Deal. Sharpe Online Reference (2013): N. Pag. Web. 10 Oct 2013. • Robertson, O. Nicholas. "Racial Discrimination." The Thirties in America. Ed. Thomas Tandy Lewis. 3 Vols. Salem Press, 2011. Salem History Web. 10 Oct. 2013. • Sikula, Rae. "Daily Life." The Great Depression and New Deal. Sharpe Online Reference (2013): N. Pag. Web. 10 Oct 2013.

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