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Monday – only 5 more to go 

Monday – only 5 more to go . Grab supplies & get going on your warm up – We are looking at the Great Depression today Notes, then video?? If no video today, then tomorrow G9 test = Wednesday or Thursday. 4/23 – National Surprise drug test day. Social Impacts of The Great Depression.

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Monday – only 5 more to go 

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  1. Monday – only 5 more to go  • Grab supplies & get going on your warm up – • We are looking at the Great Depression today • Notes, then video?? If no video today, then tomorrow • G9 test = Wednesday or Thursday 4/23 – National Surprise drug test day

  2. Social Impacts of The Great Depression

  3. The Collapse of the Banking Industry • Throughout the 1920s, banks made many risky loans • Often loaned more money than they had • The Federal Reserve Bank should have stepped in… • Reports began to circulate that some banks may not be stable • Bank Runs: Many panicked & went to get their money out of the banks • Banks did have their money because they loaned too much out… • The people/companies they lent money to were didn’t always pay the loans on time… • 9 million savings accounts were lost • No FDIC = no chance in getting your money back

  4. Lack of Public Relief People turned to soup kitchens, bread lines and shelters for food and warmth Before 1933, only local government relief agencies offered public assistance (red cross) Many believed that it was the persons fault if they were poor (too much credit) Public relief would keep them from looking for jobs People suffered from malnutrition, tuberculosis, typhoid and dysentery

  5. Unemployment • Many people lost their job • 25% by 1932 • No income = loss of house • 34 million people belonged to families with no regular full time wage earner • Minorities usually the first to lose their jobs • Some states passed laws banning the hiring of married women (Working women blamed for unemployment)

  6. Hooverville’s & the Bonus Army Hoovervilles The Bonus Army • Name given to make shift housing where many lived • Structure built out of scrap materials – anything people could get their hands on • Hoover Flags • Hoover Blankets • Many forced to live on the streets • WWI vets who marched on Washington, DC demanding their service bonus • Many were unemployed • Vets were attacked & gassed by military – disgusting!!

  7. Farm Failures & the Dust Bowl • 1920s farmers were in debt due to large bank loans and low agricultural prices • It got much worse during the 1930s • Depression, drought, grasshopers, bank failures, and dust storms hurt farmers • Mid-west called the dust bowl due to the harsh conditions • Land destroyed from years of overproduction • Huge dust storms = Black Blizzard • Over 1 million families lost farms between 1930-1940 • Many migrated to California (the promise land) to find work

  8. The Black Blizzard

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