Life During the Depression

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Ch. 17.2 Life During the Depression

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Life During the Depression. Ch. 17.2. Objectives. Describe how the Great Depression affected American families. Discuss how artists portrayed the effects of the Depression. Depression Worsens. I. Depression Worsens - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Ch. 17.2

Life During the Depression

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Objectives1. Describe how the Great Depression

affected American families.

2. Discuss how artists portrayed the effects of the Depression.

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Depression WorsensI. Depression Worsens *Stats= (1933) 9,000 banks fail, 30,000

companies fail, 12 million unemployed.A. Releif

1. Soup Kitchens & Bread LinesB. Makeshift Villages

1. shantytowns = HOOVERVILLES

a. hobos

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What name was given to homeless villages outside major cities?

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0% 1. Hardingvilles2. Coolidegvilles3. Obamavilles4. Hoovervilles

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The Dust BowlC. Dust Bowl

1. Great Plains = droughta. over-farmed without crop rotation

-dried soil + winds = dust cloudsb. “Okies”

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Where was the Dust Bowl?

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0% 1. California2. Great Plains3. Mississippi4. Ohio

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Escaping the DepressionII. Escaping the Depression

A. Hollywood1. Walt Disney

a. Snow White (1937)2. Wizard of Oz (1939) 3. Mr. Smith Goes to

Washington 4. Gone With the Wind5. Radio = Soap Operas

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Depression in ArtIII. Depression in Art

A. American Gothic – Grant WoodB. Migrant Mother – William FaulknerC. Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck