Life During the Depression
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LIFE DURING THE DEPRESSION
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The Depression Worsens
A. Hoover opposed direct federal relief to the unemployed because he believed that individuals should be responsible for taking care of themselves
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The Depression WorsensB. Charity to Poor
1. Shantytowns or “Hoovervilles”- communities of shacks2. Hobos- a migratory worker or homeless drifter3. Charities set up soup kitchens
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The Depression Worsens
C. The Dust Bowl1. “Okies”- farmers who
fled agricultural disasters in the Midwest
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Escaping the DepressionA. Hollywood Fantasy
1. Groucho Marx- American Comedian
B. Gone with the Wind
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Escaping the Depression
C. Walt Disney1. Snow White and
the Seven Dwarfs was the first full-length animated film
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Escaping the DepressionB. Radio
1. Provided an escape from the dreary days of the depression
2. Soap Operas
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Depression in Art
A. The Subjects1. Grant Wood- rural paintings2. John Steinbeck: wrote Grapes of
Wrath, about a family fleeing the dust bowl
American Gothic
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Depression in Art3. William Faulkner: Wrote “
The Sound and the Fury” about relationships between African Americans and Whites
4. Margaret Bourke- famous pictures of the Depression
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Hoover DamA. would control floods, provide irrigation water and
produce hydroelectric power