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Hard TimesHoover’s Policies

What is most money spent on during the 1920s? What is the economic boom based on in the 1920s? How did one man’s actions affect the condition of

banks in 1928? What affect does the stock market crash have on

employment? How does the Dust Bowl affect the health of men,

women and children living on the plains? What was the original purpose of developing Mount

Rushmore? What is Germany doing in Europe while America is

going through the Great Depression? How does boxer Joe Louis’ rematch against Germany

reflect America’s attitude during the Great Depression?

Activity

Look at pages 358 and 398 to answer the following questions:◦ What is going on in this picture? Why?◦ Does the picture display the state of the

economy? How do you know?◦ What is different about these two pictures?

Bell Ringer

Describe why the stock market crashed in 1929.

Analyze the main causes of the Great Depression.

Objectives

Read over the paragraphs at the top of the sheet and follow the directions below.

Timeline Activity 11

Era of prosperity becomes era of economic problems◦ People use credit to

help promote business

◦ Clash between a bull market and a bear market

Economic Troubles on the Horizon

Bubble bursts on Black Thursday

Prices sink to shocking low on Black Tuesday

The Stock Market Crashes

People have trouble paying loans

Businesses are failing

Marking the beginning of the Great Depression

The Depression Begins

Economic trouble in Europe

Smoot-Hawley Tariff has opposite affect on economy

What do historians think???

Causes of the Great Depression

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Responses to the Depression Activity Sheet◦ Individual (30 seconds each)◦ Group (1 minute each)

Final Results◦ #1)Most Reasonable: ◦ #1)Least Reasonable:◦ #2)Most Reasonable:◦ #2)Least Reasonable:◦ #3)Most Reasonable:◦ #3)Least Reasonable:

Activity

Read over The Depression Takes Its Toll and answer the questions on the back.

Bell Ringer

Describe how unemployment during the Great Depression affected the lives of American workers.

Compare and contrast the hardships that urban and rural residents faced during the depression.

Analyze how the Great Depression affected family life and the attitudes of Americans.

Explain how popular culture provided an escape from the Great Depression.

Objectives

By 1933 15 million are unemployed

Immigration decreases

Economic troubles add to discrimination

Women working increases

Most sell apples as a form of income

American Workers

Salvation Army and Red Cross provide relief

Mutualistas formed to look out for others

Breadlines allowed for a source of food

Malnutrition and homelessness are major problems

Life in the City

During the Great Depression (1929-1941), for every 8 hours of the day 1 person would die due to malnutrition. How many people died during the Great Depression from malnutrition?

Math in Social Studies

Shantytowns were created to act as shelters

“HOOVERVILLE”

Supply exceeds demand

Banks begin to foreclose on farms

Life on the Farms

The Great Depression in the City and the Country

URBAN RURAL

Received aid from charities

Experienced hunger and homelessness

Mutual-aid organizations

Faced lower prices for food products

Forced to let crops rot Faced farm

foreclosures

• Experienced poverty• Experienced diminished

expectations

Marriage rates and birthrates decline

Women have to provide for family in multiple ways

Depressions describe the economy and the mood

Family Life

Popular Culture

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Read the letter from Father Flye as he addresses the biggest concern of the Great Depression.

Answer the questions on the back.

Bell Ringer

Explain why Hoover opposed government relief programs.

Outline the Hoover administration’s attempts to solve the economic problems of the depression.

Analyze why Franklin D. Roosevelt was such a popular candidate in the 1932 election.

Objectives

Believes in rugged individualism◦ Build character,

volunteer Assist in relief

efforts◦ Community Chest◦ Red Cross◦ YMCA◦ Salvation Army

Hoover’s Philosophy

Public works projects (Hoover Dam)

Federal Farm Board allows government to hand out loans

Hope for a trickle effect

Boost the Economy

Groups become more vocal◦ Socialists,

Communists encourage activism

Bonus Army and the shocking treatment to veterans

Rumblings of Discontent

Democrats choose Franklin D. Roosevelt

He promises a “new deal” in life

The Election of 1932