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THE GREAT DEPRESSION BEGINS Photos by photographer Dorothea Lange

SECTION 1: THE NATION’S SICK ECONOMY ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],As the 1920s advanced, serious problems threatened the economy while Important industries struggled, including:

FARMERS STRUGGLE ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Photo by Dorothea Lange

CONSUMER SPENDING DOWN ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

GAP BETWEEN RICH & POOR ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Photo by Dorothea Lange

HOOVER WINS 1928 ELECTION ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Young Hoover supporter in 1928

THE STOCK MARKET ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

STOCK PRICES RISE THROUGH THE 1920s ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],New York Stock Exchange

SEEDS OF TROUBLE ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],The Stock Market’s bubble was about to break

THE 1929 CRASH ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

By mid-November, investors had lost about $30 billion

THE GREAT DEPRESSION ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Alabama family, 1938 Photo by Walter Evans

FINANCIAL COLLAPSE ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Bank run 1929, Los Angeles

GNP DROPS, UNEMPLOYMENT SOARS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

HAWLEY-SMOOT TARIFF ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

CAUSES OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

SECTION 2: HARDSHIPS DURING DEPRESSION ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

SOUP KITCHENS ,[object Object],[object Object],Unemployed men wait in line for food – this particular soup kitchen was sponsored by Al Capone

CONDITIONS FOR MINORITIES ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],As conditions deteriorated, violence against blacks increased

RURAL LIFE DURING THE DEPRESSION ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Between 1929-1932 almost ½ million farmers lost their land

THE DUST BOWL ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Kansas Farmer, 1933

Dust storm approaching Stratford, Texas - 1934

Storm approaching Elkhart, Kansas in 1937

Dust buried cars and wagons in South Dakota in 1936

HARDEST HIT REGIONS ,[object Object],[object Object],Boy covers his mouth to avoid dust, 1935

Photographer Dorothea Lange captures a family headed west to escape the dust storms

HOBOES TRAVEL AMERICA ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

EFFECTS OF DEPRESSION ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

SECTION 3: HOOVER STRUGGLES WITH THE DEPRESSION ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Herbert Hoover

HOOVER’S PHILOSOPHY ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Hoover believed it was the individuals job to take care of themselves, not the governments

HOOVER’S SUCCESSFUL DAM PROJECT ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

HOOVER TAKES ACTION: TOO LITTLE TOO LATE ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Hoover’s flurry of activity came too late to save the economy or his job

BONUS ARMY ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

BONUS ARMY TURNED DOWN ,[object Object],[object Object],Thousands of Bonus Army soldiers protest – Spring 1932

BONUS MARCHERS CLASH WITH SOLDIERS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

AMERICANS SHOCKED AT TREATMENT OF WWI VETS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Hoover had little chance to be re-elected in 1932

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