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The Great Depression. Round 1 - 1929. Round 2 - 1930. Round 3 - 1935. Hoovervilles. Round 4 - 1937. The Great Depression I. Causes of Great Depression A. Stock Market Crash of 1929 B. Closing of banks due to excessive expansion of credit II. Effects of Great Depression - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Great Depression
Round 1 - 1929
Round 2 - 1930
Round 3 - 1935
Hoovervilles
Round 4 - 1937
The Great DepressionI. Causes of Great Depression
A. Stock Market Crash of 1929B. Closing of banks due to excessive expansion of credit
II. Effects of Great DepressionA. 1 out of 4 Americans were unemployed (could not FIND a job)B. People lost savings held in banks
III. Life for Americans in the Great Depression
A. Selling household items to pay living expensesB. Orphanages grew as families could not support childrenC. Many people left their homes
1. They shared homes with others2. They built “Hoovervilles:” shanties named after scapegoat President Hoover
D. People made clothes by hand and grew their own food
IV. Coping with the Great DepressionA. Escapism
1. Movies provided entertainment2. Candy and alcohol helped
people escapeB. Crime wave
1. Sharp increase in theft2. Swelling of prison populations
•Describe the lives and survival methods of people in the Great Depression.
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