Today’s Warm UpAnswer in your notes & be ready to share!!

Yesterday, we discussed several causes of the Great Depression. List and briefly describe at least two of those causes.

Turn in Frayer Models

Social Effects of the Great Depression

Social Effects of Poverty & Unemployment

The Great Depression touched every AmericanIn the Cities…Workers wages & hours cut; many lost jobs

Savings were goneUnable to feed families & pay billsoBread lines, Soup KitchensoMalnutritionoHoovervilles & Shantytowns

Social Effects of Poverty & UnemploymentIn Rural America…

Farmers suffered even before the Depression hit

Crop prices fell & debts added up

Unable to pay mortgagesAuctions & Tenant Farming

Check for UnderstandingPartner A – Describe conditions faced by those whom lived in the cities.

Partner B – Describe the conditions faced by those whom lived in rural America.

How do you think people responded to the conditions/hardships they faced?

Migration during the Great Depression

Hoboes wandered the country in search of work (men, teens)

Many rode the railsMany farm families had no option but to leave“Okies”- migrants who went west to find work (some available in CA)

Comparing Historical Perspectives

1.What type of document is this?

2.What does this document tell you about the causes of the Dust Bowl?

3.Conditions faced?

Hard Times for AllPsychological Effects depression, abandonment, suicide“Breadwinners” felt they had betrayed their families

People reacted differentlySome searched endlessly for new jobs

Some simply left their familiesSome committed suicide

Hard Times for AllWomen & Children

Family distress (abandonment)Women lost jobs to men with familiesStarvation, Malnutrition

MinoritiesSuffered the worstLost jobs firstDenied jobsDenied aid

Check for UnderstandingPartner A – Describe how women and children were affected by the Depression.

Partner B – Describe how minorities were affected by the Depression.

If you had lived through the Depression, what would you have found to be the most difficult hardship? Why?