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Depression Effects
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What happened to unemployment? | 1) decreased 2) from 1929-1933, unemployment rose from 1.6 million to 13 million |
| types of businesses that closed | banks, factories, farms, grocery stores |
| effect on children | 1) poor diet, medical, dental care 2) 300,000 out of school due to school's closing |
| What happened to farmers? | 1) forced to sell homes or evicted 2) sometimes neighbors would buy house & give it back to family |
| Hoover blankets | homeless ppl wrapped themselves in newspapers blaming president Hoover for Depression |
| What happened in Washington? | ppl set forest fires intentionally to earn money as firefighters |
| Suicide rate | 1) increased 2) 1928-1932 went up 30% |
| How did Hoover respond to Depression | 1) thought economic issues were private/local problems 2) didn't think federal intervention was necessary 3) thought voluntary relief agencies would fix problem 4) economic crisis continued to worsen, Hoover loses support |
| Bonus Army March (1932) | 1) 20,000 veterans march to Washington 2) promised to be given a bonus in 1945 for their service in WWI 3) want the bonus now bc they're struggling 4) Hoover calls in troops, leads to fighting & 3 deaths 5) congress says they have to wait for bonus |
| Who lost jobs? | steelworkers, farmers |
| How did people suffer? | 1) lost savings 2) unemployment 3) suicide 4) starvation 5) eviction |
| How did people try to cope? | 1) sold all their belongings 2) watched movies at theater to escape 3) dancing (swing) + jazz music 4) dance contests to win money 5) listened to radio |
| Who did people blame for depression? | themselves bc the were an independent generation |
| Dust Bowl Cause & Effect | 1) farmers made alot of money during War selling to allies 2) after war, farm prices drop bc demand decrease 3) farmers plant more crops to make more money 4) constant digging destroys ground 5) drought & dust storms 6) farmers flea west to Cali |
| How did people travel the country looking for jobs? | 1) illegally rode freight trains 2) would sometimes get arrested when they arrived in a town |
| How did people react to the government? | 1) strikes & riots for unemployment relief 2) communist party gained influence 3) 100,000 Americans left to Soviet Union 4) only time in history where more ppl left the US than came |
| How did the Depression effect Germany? | 1) made conditions worse 2) protests & riots increase, need a leader 3) Nazi party rise to power, promise to fix economic issues |
| What happened to highschool enrollment? | increased bc teens couldn't find work, so they just stayed in school |
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