The Depression Worsens

How groups coped with economic effects of the depression

Farmers

• Used crops as fuel to heat homes• Destroyed food shipments to try and raise

crop prices

Homeless

• Moved in with relatives• Set up Hoovervilles• Slept on streets, in rusted cars, sewer pipes,

and on park benches

Veterans

Unemployed

• Obtained food in breadlines and soup kitchens• Went on public relief, when it existed• Sold apples• Begged• Led hunger riots

Why do you think the American people were ready for a presidential

change in 1932?

• The lack of any consistent or overall governmental response to the Depression or direct aid to suffering people made Americans willing to take a chance

on a new administration