Life in the Great Depression

Where did the Problems come from???

______ ______ ______

  1. Unemployment
  1. % unemployed by 1933. # of Families without no one working ______
  2. Many out of work for
  3. Men
  1. Women and racial minorities
  1. Housing
  1. Many were out of work so long that

B. People lived . They made their homes out of

. Collections of these homes, usually , were called

  1. Farming
  1. Farm prices
  1. When farmers couldn’t sell their crops they didn’t make a profit or pay their bills. As a result, they were
  1. Exhausted farmland caused by

and several years of caused the

D. Many farmers moved ( ).

  1. Discrimination
  1. Intense competition for jobs made racial tension

B.

  1. Thousands of Mexican Americans left the US voluntarily or were
  1. Families

A. Some families relied more on each other. (Example: )

  1. Some families broke apart under the pressure. Many men left their wives and
  1. Women had difficulty meeting needs at home without a husband because
  1. Physical Health

A. became very bad as people

B.

C. People for food, eating wild plants or rummaging in trash cans

  1. Most Americans could not afford
  1. Emotional Health

A. “ ” - common description of Americans during this era

B. increased dramatically and admissions to

  1. People made difficult choices (
  1. These decisions influenced people for the rest of their lives.
  1. Many people wanted

Use the map the answer the following questions.

  1. Which 4 states had the highest unemployment rate in 1934?
  2. Which region of the country – east or west of the Mississippi River – was better off in 1934?
  3. Which statistics support your choice?
  4. Which of the hardest hit Dust Bowl states lost population in the 1930s?
  5. What was the main destination of most people leaving the northern part of the Dust Bowl?
  6. Through which state did they travel?
  7. What was the first destination of most people leaving the southern part of the Dust Bowl?
  8. What does the migration northward from Los Angeles imply?

Use the “Letter from a Dust Bowl Survivor” to answer the following.

  1. According to Grace’s letter, what problems did people living in the Dust Bowl encounter?
  2. How would you describe Grace’s attitude about the Dust?
  3. What qualities or traits do you think helped Grace and her family survive the difficulties that they faced?

Use pages 472-477 to answer the following.

  1. Define
  2. soup kitchens
  3. bread lines
  4. Why did people live in shacks and wait in bread lines?
  5. How did competition for jobs impact face relations during the Great Depression?
  6. Why did many farm families leave their land during the Great Depression?
  7. Use the map on page 474 to answer the following.
  8. Which states were in the region known as the Dust Bowl?
  9. Why might most of the migrants who left the Dust Bowl have traveled west?
  10. Who were Okies?
  11. What were black blizzards?
  12. Why did the Dust Bowl occur?
  13. How did the Depression affect men and their families?
  14. What were hoboes?
  15. Draw and tell the meaning of 3 hobo symbols.
  16. How did the Depression affect women and children?
  17. From what long-lasting psychological consequences did Depression survivors suffer?