Life During the Great Depression

1. Unit 2- The Great Depression

2.  1. Life in the city
 A. Many people evicted and slept in parks or on
sewer pipes
 B. Shantytowns or Hoovervilles- little towns
made of old cars, boxes, crates, where people
lived

3.  C. Soup Kitchens and Breadlines- charitable
organizations provided food for the starving

4.  2. Life for minorities
 A. AA were targets of racial violence
 Unemployed whites saw them as a threat
 B. Latinos were also targets
 Many whites wanted them deported

5.  3. Life for farmers
 A. Many had their farms foreclosed
 Property seized by the mortgage company

6.  B. Dust Bowl- Huge dust and wind storms in the
Great Plains
 Depleted soil
 Many farmers traveled west to CA

7.  4. Life for the American family
 A. Many men left their families- they were
ashamed
 B. Hobos- homeless that traveled from town to
town by boxcar

8.  C. Children
 1. Rickets disease was common from poor nutrition
 2. Many schools shut down
 3. Many labored in sweat shops

9.  5. Social effects
 A. Suicide rates rose 30%
 B. Many more went to mental hospitals
 C. People stopped going to doctors and dentists
 D. People had fewer children
 E. Many people didn’t consider college

10.  F. Positive Effects
 1. Many gave to charity
 2. Made some families stronger
 3. People learned to save better