Great Depression
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Andrenia Williams
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Great Depression
With Mrs. Gilbert
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Unemployment NOTES
Less production meant companies needed fewer workers.
100,000 people lost their jobs.
Many were poor and hungry
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Soup Kitchen NOTES
Many American couldn't provide food for their families.
Charities opened Soup Kitchens to help.
People would wait in line all day for the small meal.
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Herbert Hoover NOTES
Hoover thought churches and charities should help the struggling American people.
He did not think it was the government's job to help the citizens.
Many people felt he did not do enough to help the country through the Great Depression.
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Hooverville NOTES
Hoover didn't cause the depression, but he didn't do much to help.
Homeless communities were called "Hoovervilles".
Empty pockets were called "Hoover Flags"
Newspapers were called "Hoover Blankets"
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Dust Bowl NOTES
A drought hit the Great Plains.
The land was overworked and dry.
Dust storms happened often.
The land was unusable.
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