The Great Depression Flashcards
What % of Americans were out of work and what did this do to the Great Depression?
25% and it fuelled the Great Depression
What were the 3 impacts/problems of the Great Depression?
- unemployment
- Hoovervilles
- The Dust Bowl
how much did unemployment continue to rise over?
12 mil (25% of population)
Due to unemployment and there being no social security what did families rely on?
on soup kitchens and charities
What happened to the average wage ? (due to unemployment)
it fell
how many men were trying to sell apples of the streets of NY in 1932?
6000
How were Hoovervilles names?
ironically named after Pres. Hoover as he was blamed for the Great Depression
Hoovervilles:
huge shantytowns nicknamed Hoovervilles appeared around major cities as people moved from smaller towns in the countryside in search of work
(Dust Bowl) What destroyed the topsoil?
overproduction + drought
(Dust Bowl) when was there a drought in many areas?
1930 - 1936
What did overproduction + drought create? and what did it cause?
- created a dustbowl
- farmers moved away from these areas such as Oklahoma and Arkansas and tried for a better life in California
How many migrants went to California because of the Dust Bowl? and how were they treated?
375,000 migrants went to California – not welcomed and often poorly treated
How were black people effected due to The Dust Bowl?
- black Americans particularly badly hit and lost job before white people
- many sharecroppers lost land
What was the Dust Bowl?
- combinations of over farming and droughts destroyed the topsoil forming the Dust Bowl
- series of sandstorms that decimated farms
When was the Great Depression?
1929-1933
