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The Great Depression

The Great Depression. By Toni Littlejohn. 1930s & 1940s. Causes of the Great Depression. The First Main Cause. Money Problems…

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The Great Depression

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  1. The Great Depression By Toni Littlejohn

  2. 1930s & 1940s Causes of the Great Depression

  3. The First Main Cause Money Problems… The stock market crashed 1929 cause many people to either go into debt, be homeless, or all of the above. It also helped with the banks becoming obsolete to the people. Having no more money to hold.

  4. The Second Main Cause Reductions of rations and supplies. People couldn’t buy as much as they needed. Jobs were lost. People became unable to pay for products; and they had refused to spend there money.

  5. The Third Main Cause Taxes for imports became high and harder to pay for. Causing less trades to occur between the countries.

  6. The Final Main Cause The drought that occurred Mississippi valley. So people couldn’t grow as much crops and pay there taxes so they’d loose their land.

  7. Monopoly became very popular because during the game people could at least imaging they were rich.

  8. Racism came from the north and south when the great depression happened. They were usually the first ones to get laid off or fired.

  9. People who lost their homes often lived in what were called “Hoovervilles,” or shanty towns, that were named after President Herbert Hoover. There was also “Hoover Stew” (food dished out in soup kitchens), “Hoover Blankets” (newspapers that served as blankets), “Hoover Hogs” (jack rabbits used as food), and “Hoover Wagons” (broken cars that were pulled by mules).

  10. Al Capone opened a soup kitchen during the great depression 1899-1947

  11. There was a increase in Runaways during the great depression. Whether it was young or old. At the time all ages ran away.

  12. Scholars estimate that nearly 50% of children during the Great Depression did not have food, homes, or medical care.

  13. The Great Depression changed many families. Many couples halted marriage proposals, and divorce and birth rates dropped. Some men also abandoned their families; a 1940 poll said 1.5 million married women were left their husbands. The Great Depression changed the family in several ways. Many couples delayed marriage, and divorce rates and birth rates dropped. Some men also abandoned their families; a 1940 poll revealed that 1.5 million married women were abandoned by their husbands.

  14. When the Depression struck, Mexican-Americans were accused of taking jobs away from “real” Americans and of unfairly burdening local relief efforts. Some were “encouraged” to return to Mexico. When the Depression struck, Mexican-Americans were accused of taking jobs away from “real” Americans and of unfairly burdening local relief efforts. Some were “encouraged” to return to Mexico

  15. Let Us Now Praise Famous Men James Agee

  16. This story is an autobiography of James, This book was created to give off his lifestyle and what was going on during the 1940s when it was published. This autobiography had no real genre. It was still a good story. Walker evens had helped write the book. This being the story he wrote out of sympathy and guilt

  17. The Great Depression was occurring during the writing and publishing of this book. (1941) It was mainly created because of someone wanting an original article from him. (of course it was too long to contribute) so it was turned into a book.

  18. I believe his literature would have hit all ages sizes shapes and colors. He was being influential and telling what he thought was going on. It was a story of someone being honest with the world but also having sympathy

  19. The biography is something made in history. Of course it would be significant for our day and age. Since we’re going through a small portion of what they went through.

  20. “This gap between subject and writer faced Agee like a dark abyss as he desperately tried to build a bridge across it. It is this bridge, or at least the attempt to build it, that makes Let Us Now Praise Famous Men different than other documentary works.” This gap between subject and writer faced Agee like a dark abyss as he desperately tried to build a bridge across it. It is this bridge, or at least the attempt to build it, that makes Let Us Now Praise Famous Men different than other documentary works 1909-1955 St_ James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture St James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture

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