today’s warm up answer in your notes & be ready to share!! yesterday, we discussed several...
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Today’s Warm UpAnswer in your notes & be ready to share!!
Yesterday, we discussed several causes of the Great Depression. List and briefly describe at least two of those causes.
Turn in Frayer Models
Social Effects of the Great Depression
Social Effects of Poverty & Unemployment
The Great Depression touched every AmericanIn the Cities…Workers wages & hours cut; many lost jobs
Savings were goneUnable to feed families & pay billsoBread lines, Soup KitchensoMalnutritionoHoovervilles & Shantytowns
Social Effects of Poverty & UnemploymentIn Rural America…
Farmers suffered even before the Depression hit
Crop prices fell & debts added up
Unable to pay mortgagesAuctions & Tenant Farming
Check for UnderstandingPartner A – Describe conditions faced by those whom lived in the cities.
Partner B – Describe the conditions faced by those whom lived in rural America.
How do you think people responded to the conditions/hardships they faced?
Migration during the Great Depression
Hoboes wandered the country in search of work (men, teens)
Many rode the railsMany farm families had no option but to leave“Okies”- migrants who went west to find work (some available in CA)
Comparing Historical Perspectives
1.What type of document is this?
2.What does this document tell you about the causes of the Dust Bowl?
3.Conditions faced?
Hard Times for AllPsychological Effects depression, abandonment, suicide“Breadwinners” felt they had betrayed their families
People reacted differentlySome searched endlessly for new jobs
Some simply left their familiesSome committed suicide
Hard Times for AllWomen & Children
Family distress (abandonment)Women lost jobs to men with familiesStarvation, Malnutrition
MinoritiesSuffered the worstLost jobs firstDenied jobsDenied aid
Check for UnderstandingPartner A – Describe how women and children were affected by the Depression.
Partner B – Describe how minorities were affected by the Depression.
If you had lived through the Depression, what would you have found to be the most difficult hardship? Why?