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The Great Depression1929 - 1939
Joanie Beckenhauer EDIM510
7/24/09
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Unemployment
• Felt worldwide
• 1/3 of non-farmer workers
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Desperate Sharecroppers
Crops destroyed by
- drought- pests
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The Road to the West
• Families camp on road
• Live in tents or undercardboard
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Burning of Veterans Camp
Vets evicted from Bonus Army Camp
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Fireside Chats
• FDR calms the nation
•Utilizes:- stories- anecdotes- analogies
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American Red Cross
Surplus wheat transferred to ARC to:
- feed needy- feed
livestock
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Soup Kitchens
Supported by:-churches- community- 1 by Al
Capone
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Salvation Army March
• Fed and clothed 12,000
marchers• Increased social
service work by 700%
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Sources Cited
http://www.nps.gov/archive/elro/glossary/great-depression.htm http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/life_01.html http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe40s/movies/KooserNebraska.html http
://www2.redcross.org/services/intl/0,1082,0_27_,00.html
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://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/T/TE009.html
http://ingrimayne.com/econ/EconomicCatastrophe/GreatDepression.html http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20030124ar03p1.htm http://www2.arkansasonline.com/events/2009/may/21/15909/