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CHAPTER 8

CHAPTER 8. MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN THE WARS. BETWEEN WWI AND WWII. *25 year span between the end of World War 1 and the end of World War II. *MS endured floods, the Great Depression, population loss, and continued political infighting. THE MAJORITY OF BLACKS WERE STILL OPPRESSED….

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CHAPTER 8

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  1. CHAPTER 8 MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN THE WARS

  2. BETWEEN WWI AND WWII • *25 year span between the end of World War 1 and the end of World War II. • *MS endured floods, the Great Depression, population loss, and continued political infighting. • THE MAJORITY OF BLACKS WERE STILL OPPRESSED…

  3. THE GREAT MIGRATION • *AFTER WWI, THOUSANDS OF BLACKS MOVED FROM MS TO THE NORTH. • *Anyone would could afford a train ticket could escape the segregation in MS. • *The Chicago Defender, a militant black newspaper, described Chicago as a promised land. • MOST OF THE EDUCATED BLACK PEOPLE LEFT DURING THE GREAT MIGRATION.

  4. THE FLOOD OF 1927 • THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOOD MORE THAN 3 MILLION ACRES OF MS BECAUSE OF A LEVEE BREAKING. • The river became 70 miles wide when the levees broke.

  5. JUNIOR COLLEGES IN MISSISSIPPI • IN 1922 THE JUNIOR COLLEGE SYSTEM WAS STARTED • THIS JUNIOR COLLEGE SYSTEM GAVE AVERAGE MISSISSIPPIANS A CHANCE TO FURTHER THEIR EDUCATION.

  6. NEW INDUSTRIES • THE BIGGEST BOOM INDUSTRY IN THE 1920’S WAS REAL ESTATE • NORTHERNERS CAME TO ESCAPE THE ICY WINTERS TO THE MS GULF COAST • A CASINO WAS BUILT IN BILOXI

  7. The Great Depression • *(1930’s) This was the worst economic disaster in modern history. • *Sales of goods slow & prices fall, manufacturing decreases, businesses close, banks fail & close their doors, most people lose their jobs. • *The unemployed attempt to find jobs whenever and wherever possible just to make ends meet.

  8. The Great Depression (Continued) • Not only did this effect Mississippi, but the entire country too!!! • For many people, the only thing they owned were the clothes they wore at the time. • ….What saved the country, you ask?

  9. FDR’S PLAN: THE NEW DEAL • *The New Deal: a series of laws designed to bring the country out of the depression. • It used a wide variety of programs to improve the economy & society and to provide federal money to stimulate businesses in the private sector. • READ PAGES 196-200.

  10. World War II • *On December 7, 1941, the Japanese bombed the U.S. Navy Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and war came. • *As WWII begins…. The United States recovery from the Great Depression is beginning to appear.

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