the great depression...the great depression (1929 to 1939) worst economic downturn in u.s. history...
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The Great Depression
By Rachel
The Roaring Twenties★ The Great Gatsby★ The Jazz Age★ Flappers★ Prohibition★ National wealth
doubled between 1920 - 1929
Black TuesdayOctober 24, 1929
The Great Depression (1929 to 1939)
★ Worst economic downturn in U.S. history
★ Wiped out millions of investors★ Consumer spending stopped★ By 1930, 4 million people out of
work★ By 1931, 6 million people were
out of work
Mass Unemployment
★ Unemployment was at 25%
★ 15 million people out of work (20% of the working population)
Breadlines
Families
Men couldn’t feed their familiesSome families lost everything
The Great Dust Bowl
To make things worse, a great dust storm caused crops to fail
Franklin D. Roosevelt
★ “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
★ Ended prohibition ★ Created the New Deal
to get people to work★ Created Social
Security