THE GREAT DEPRESSION

BEGINS

Photos by photographer Dorothea Lange

FARMERS STRUGGLE • No industry suffered as

much as ______________• During _______________

European demand for American crops ________

• ____________________________________

• Farmers increased production sending prices ______________

Photo by Dorothea Lange

HOOVER WINS 1928 ELECTION

• Republican _________ ___________ ran against Democrat Alfred E. Smith in the _______ election

• Hoover emphasized years of ____________ under Republican administrations

• ______________________________________

THE 1929 CRASH

• In September the Stock Market had some unusual up & down movements

• On October 24, the market took ___________________________________________.

• ________________, now known as __________________, the bottom fell out

• People who had bought on margin (credit) were stuck with ________________________.

THE GREAT DEPRESSION• The Stock Market crash

signaled ____________ ________________________________.

• The Great Depression is generally defined as the period from 1929 – 1940 in which the ______ ____ _____________________________________________________________.

• The crash alone did not cause the Great Depression, but it ______ ______________________.

Alabama family, 1938 Photo by Walter Evans

FINANCIAL COLLAPSE

• After the crash, many ____________________________________________from banks

• Banks had invested in the Stock Market and lost money

• In 1929- 600 ___________• By 1933 – 11,000 of the

25,000 ____________ ________________________.

Bank run 1929, Los Angeles

SECTION 2: HARDSHIPS DURING DEPRESSION

• The Great Depression brought ___________, _______________, and _____________________.

• Across the country, people lost _________, and _____________

• Some built __________ ___________out_______ _____________.

• Before long whole shantytowns (__________ __________________________) sprung up

SOUP KITCHENS

• One of the common features of ________ _________during the era were __________ ____________________________

• Soup kitchens and bread lines offered ________________________________________________.Unemployed men wait in line for food –

this particular soup kitchen was sponsored by Al Capone

RURAL LIFE DURING THE DEPRESSION

• While the Depression was difficult for everyone, ____________ _____________; ______ ___________________________________.

• Thousands of farmers, however, _____________.

• Many turned to ________ ____________________________________________________________.

Between 1929-1932 almost ½ million farmers lost their land

THE DUST BOWL• A ____________________

gripped the Great Plains in the _______________.

• Wind scattered the _________, _________ ________________

• The resulting dust _____ _____________________ _______.

• One storm in 1934 picked up _________________ _______________. Plains an carried it to the East Coast

Kansas Farmer, 1933

Dust storm approaching Stratford, Texas - 1934

Storm approaching Elkhart, Kansas in 1937

Dust buried cars and wagons in South Dakota in 1936

HARDEST HIT REGIONS• _________,

________, _______, __________, and ___________ were the hardest hit regions during the Dust Bowl

• __________________ ____________ to California and other Pacific Coast statesBoy covers his mouth to avoid

dust, 1935

HOBOES TRAVEL

AMERICA• The 1930s created the term “______________” to describe _______________.

• 300,000 _____________– or __________– _________ ___________________________________________(thousands were teenagers)

• _______________________was common on railroad property; over 50,000 people were ____________.

EFFECTS OF DEPRESSION• _______________________

more than 30% between 1928-1932

• _______________________sharply in urban areas

• Three times as many people were ____________ ________________________________________.

• Many people showed great _____________________________.

• Additionally, many people developed habits of ______ ______________________.

Hoover had little chance to be re-elected in 1932

Of Mice and MenBy John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck

-Lived: __________ ______________

-Wrote _________in his life.

-Won the _________ for 3 of them, including _______________.

Of Mice and MenBy John Steinbeck

Of Mice and Men

-Written in the form of ________in ___________.

-Is set ________________.

-Provides first-hand insight into ______________________.

-One of Steinbeck’s ________ ________________along with _________________ ___________________.

Of Mice and MenBy John Steinbeck

Of Mice and Men deals with many themes, including:

+_________________

+_________________

+_______________________________________________________

Types of _________found in OM&M:

+racism: _______________________ ______________________________

+misogyny:______________________ ______________________________

+ableism: _______________________ ______________________________

Of Mice and MenBy John Steinbeck

-Of Mice and Men has been made into a movie 3 different times and soon will be back on Broadway starring James Franco and Chris O’Dowd.

-Still one of the most beloved classics.