An Introduction. During WWII Banks ran out of money Less jobs People moved westward 1930s.

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The Great DepressionAn Introduction

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What Do We Know… During WWII Banks ran out of money Less jobs People moved westward 1930s

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What Questions Do We Have?

What happened during that time? How did it start? How did it end? How people stayed alive? When did it happen? How long? Did people die? WHY did it happen? What caused the GD?

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More Questions…

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Let’s Answer Some Questions…

When?• The 1929-1939 (Start of WWII)

Where?• The United States

Who?• EVERYONE.

Cause?• The Stock Market Crash of 1929

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The Roaring 2o’s During the 1920’s people were spending money,

buying excessively and investing aggressively. People were also BORROWING a lot of money. Stock Market Crash- October 1929

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Images of The Great Depression

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Effects on the People… Farmers were already feeling the effects

before The Crash• Prices of crops went down• Many farms foreclosed

People could not afford luxuries• Factories shut down• Businesses went out

Banks could not pay out money People could not pay their taxes

• Schools shut down due to lack of funds Many families became homeless and had

to live in shanties

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President Herbert Hoover Herbert Hoover was president at the start of the

Great Depression His philosophy: “We’ll make it!” What He Did to Help: Nothing The poor were looking for help, and H.H. had no

ideas about how to correct or help.

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Hoovervilles Some families were forced to live in shanty towns A grouping of shacks and tents in vacant lots They were referred to as “Hooverville” because of

President Hoover’s lack of help during the depression.

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F.D.R.: A Glimmer of Hope When he was inaugurated in 1933

unemployment had increased by 7 million. Poor sections (like Harlem) had 50% of the

pop. unemployed Instated the “New Deal” People everywhere were effected by the

depression Roosevelt took action and put policies into

place that gave people hope that things would get better… and they did.

WWII… you tell me!

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Your Assignment…

½ page- full page: Due TOMORROW! Imagine what it was like living in America in

the 1930’s. Write a diary entry from the perspective of a

teenager discussing:• Where you are living…• Family Hardships

Food, money, work, etc. Hopes and dreams for the future, or are you hopeless

right now? What you are doing to help your family survive? Your day to day life.


Westward ExpansionS1 Westward Expansion Although people had begun to move westward almost from the beginnings of European settlement in America, the era of westward expansion began

Westward ExpansionS1 Westward Expansion Although people had begun to move westward almost from the beginnings of European settlement in America, the era of westward expansion began

2015 Westward

2015 Westward

Fiscal Policy History. Growth of the Federal Government 1930s The New Deal young men worked on infrastructure 1940s WWII everyone worked on war production.

Fiscal Policy History. Growth of the Federal Government 1930s The New Deal young men worked on infrastructure 1940s WWII everyone worked on war production.

What do you already know about WWII?. Background: Germany took over surrounding areas in the 1930s, violating the Treaty of Versailles, until Great Britain.

What do you already know about WWII?. Background: Germany took over surrounding areas in the 1930s, violating the Treaty of Versailles, until Great Britain.

MANIFEST DESTINY WESTWARD EXPANSION WESTWARD EXPANSION.

MANIFEST DESTINY WESTWARD EXPANSION WESTWARD EXPANSION.

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Lockheed 12 Lockheed 12 1930s scene-setting in the … · Before WWII broke out, Sidney Cotton, ... was registered to British Airways Ltd of Grosvenor Gardens, ... Petroleum colours.

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Expanding Westward

Expanding Westward

Isolation/Neutrality Notes Most Americans cling to ISOLATIONISM in the early stages of WWII Early 1930s a flood of books criticizing US involvement in.

Isolation/Neutrality Notes Most Americans cling to ISOLATIONISM in the early stages of WWII Early 1930s a flood of books criticizing US involvement in.

1930s The Great Depression The New Deal Moving toward WWII.

1930s The Great Depression The New Deal Moving toward WWII.

Introduction to WWII. Which candidate will you choose? On a Spring evening in the early 1930s during the Great Depression, you are one of thousands.

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Westward Movement!

Westward Movement!

Westward Movement

Westward Movement

Looking Westward

Looking Westward

PERIOD 6, CONTEMPORARY ERA · that Hitler ran on) gained support in the 1930s through German Immigration. ... independence after WWII Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese colonies began

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WWII Chapter 17 review. Leading up to WWII Roosevelt’s good-neighbor policy –U.S. pledge not to intervene in Latin America Isolationism during the 1930s.

WWII Chapter 17 review. Leading up to WWII Roosevelt’s good-neighbor policy –U.S. pledge not to intervene in Latin America Isolationism during the 1930s.

Westward & Eleonora

Westward & Eleonora

Objectives Understand the course of the early years of WWII in Europe Describe FDRs foreign policy in the mid-1930s and the great debate between interventionists.

Objectives Understand the course of the early years of WWII in Europe Describe FDRs foreign policy in the mid-1930s and the great debate between interventionists.

WWII WHAT IF? Presentation by Ms. Beard. Charles Lindbergh ran for and became President of the United States in the 1930s? WHAT IF…

WWII WHAT IF? Presentation by Ms. Beard. Charles Lindbergh ran for and became President of the United States in the 1930s? WHAT IF…

Westward expansion

Westward expansion