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 SS5H5 The student will explain how the Great Depression
and New Deal affected the lives of millions of Americans.

a.  Discuss the Stock Market Crash of 1929, Herbert Hoover,

Franklin Roosevelt, the Dust Bowl, and soup kitchens.

b.  Analyze the main features of the New Deal; include the
significance of the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Works
Progress Administration, and the Tennessee Valley
Authority.

c.  Discuss important cultural elements of the 1930s; include

Duke Ellington, Margaret Mitchell, and Jesse Owens.
 1929-1939
• Stock market
crash
• Didn’t realize the
effect it would
have
• No money to
replenish what Many found being broke
humiliating.
was borrowed
 The Roaring 20’s
• The new concept of
“credit”
• People were buying:
– Automobiles
– Appliances
– Clothes
• Fun times reigned
– Dancing
– Flappers
– Drinking
 Why was this bad?
• Credit system
– People didn’t really have
the money they were
spending
• WWI
– The U.S. was a major
credit loaner to other
nations in need
– Many of these nations
could not pay us back
 • With people panicking
And then…. about their money
investors tried to sell their
stocks
– This leads to a huge decline
in stocks
– Stocks were worthless now
• Herbert Hoover was
president at the start
• Philosophy: We’ll make
it!
• What He Did: Nothing
• The poor were looking
for help and no ideas
on how to correct or
help were coming
• Farmers were already feeling the effects
– Prices of crops went down
– Many farms foreclosed
• People could not afford luxuries
– Factories shut down
– Businesses went out
• Banks could not pay out money
• People could not pay their taxes
– Schools shut down due to lack of funds
• Many families became homeless and had to
live in shanties
Many waited in unemployment lines
hoping for a job.
People in cities would wait in line for bread
to bring to their family.
Some families were forced to relocate because
they had no money.
 “Hooverville”
• Some families were
forced to live in shanty
towns
– A grouping of shacks
and tents in vacant lots
• They were referred to
as “Hooverville”
because of President
Hoover’s lack of help
during the depression.
A drought in the South lead to dust
storms that destroyed crops.

“The Dust Bowl”

 The South Was Buried
• Crops turned to dust=No food to
be sent out
• Homes buried
• Fields blown away
• South in state of emergency
• Dust Bowl the #1 weather crisis of
the 20th century
Two Families During the
Depression
A Farm Foreclosure
Some families tried to make money by
selling useful crafts like baskets.
*FDR*
• When he was
inaugurated
unemployment had
increased by 7 million.

• Poor sections (like

Harlem) had 50% of the
population unemployed

• Instated the “New Deal”

• Yea! Frankie!
• People everywhere were
effected by the depression

• It wasn’t till President

Roosevelt took over and tried
to put the economy back
together that people even saw
a glimmer of hope
Roosevelt’s New Deal Programs

• Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

• Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
• Works Progress Administration (WPA)
• Social Security
 Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

• Goal was to create jobs and conserve, or

protect, the natural environment
• CCC workers planted trees, cleared hiking
trails, and completed other conservation
projects
 Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

• People working for the TVA build dams on

the Tennessee River.
• The dams created hydroelectricity for rural
area in the Southeast.
Works Progress Administration (WPA)

• People were hired to build streets, parks,

libraries, and schools.
• It paid artists to paint murals on public
buildings and hired authors to write books
about places in the United States.
 Social Security

• Provided money to people over the age of 65.

• It also helps those who have disabilities and
cannot work.
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