great depression and the dust bowl: 1929-1942 looking at how the depression affected people’s...

Great Depression and the Dust Bowl: 1929-

1942

Great Depression and the Dust Bowl: 1929-

1942

Looking at how the depression affected people’s

lives

Looking at how the depression affected people’s

lives

Great Depression and the Dust Bowl

Great Depression and the Dust Bowl

• By 1932, 12 million people were unemployed

• That is 25% of the entire American population at this time. (The unemployment rate now is 7%)

• By 1932, 12 million people were unemployed

• That is 25% of the entire American population at this time. (The unemployment rate now is 7%)

Great Depression and the Dust Bowl

Great Depression and the Dust Bowl

• How do you eat when you have no money?

• People had to wait in bread lines and at soup kitchens for food

• How do you eat when you have no money?

• People had to wait in bread lines and at soup kitchens for food

Great Depression and the Dust Bowl

Great Depression and the Dust Bowl

• Many people lost their entire life savings when the banks failed, and therefore they also lost their homes

• They had to make new homes out of cardboard, tin, or crates

• These makeshift homes are known as Hoovervilles

• Many people lost their entire life savings when the banks failed, and therefore they also lost their homes

• They had to make new homes out of cardboard, tin, or crates

• These makeshift homes are known as Hoovervilles

Great Depression and the Dust Bowl

Great Depression and the Dust Bowl

Great Depression and the Dust Bowl

Great Depression and the Dust Bowl

• What about the farmers out west?

• Life was just as bad as they faced falling income, foreclosure, and drought

• What about the farmers out west?

• Life was just as bad as they faced falling income, foreclosure, and drought

Great Depression and the Dust Bowl

Great Depression and the Dust Bowl

• Their income dropped by half

• Why?

• People could not buy food!

• Their income dropped by half

• Why?

• People could not buy food!

Great Depression and the Dust Bowl

Great Depression and the Dust Bowl

• A drought in the plain states and southwest worsened their situation

• A drought in the plain states and southwest worsened their situation

Great Depression and the Dust Bowl

Great Depression and the Dust Bowl

• The drought combined with poor farming methods resulted in a loss of topsoil, which would get whipped into giant dust storms

• The “Dust Bowl”

• The drought combined with poor farming methods resulted in a loss of topsoil, which would get whipped into giant dust storms

• The “Dust Bowl”

Great Depression and the Dust Bowl

Great Depression and the Dust Bowl

Great Depression and the Dust Bowl

Great Depression and the Dust Bowl

• People couldn’t live and farm here with these economic and environmental problems

• A group of migrant farmers moved to California looking for work

• They are known as Okies

• People couldn’t live and farm here with these economic and environmental problems

• A group of migrant farmers moved to California looking for work

• They are known as Okies

Great Depression and the Dust Bowl

Great Depression and the Dust Bowl

Great Depression and the Dust Bowl

Great Depression and the Dust Bowl

• How do we beat the Depression?

• Starts in 1932 with a new President

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt defeats Hoover (FDR)

• He promises a New Deal for Americans

• How do we beat the Depression?

• Starts in 1932 with a new President

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt defeats Hoover (FDR)

• He promises a New Deal for Americans