THE GREAT DEPRESSION OF THE 1930

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THE GREAT DEPRESSION OF THE 1930S

• Brother can you
• spare a dime?

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Brother, can you spare a dime?

• During the Great Depression, this phrase
  epitomize the indignity and hopelessness many
  Americans felt about unemployment and their
  inability to sustain themselves. Americans had
  suffered the stock market crash the middle class
  had lost their jobs and homesand thousands of
  Americans were unemployed and homeless

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STOCK MARKET CRASH OF 1929

• Black Thursday,
• October 24, 1929
• Black Tuesday,
• October 29, 1929

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• Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929, saw the Dow
  Jones index of American shares turn decisively
  downwards and is generally regarded as the start
  of the Great Depression of the 1930s.

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• The Great Depression, which may perhaps still be
  fresh in the minds of those who lived through it,
  is among one of the most devastating periods in
  the history of the United States.

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The Stock Market Crash

• Dazed investors gather outside the New York Stock
  Exchange following "Black Thursday," October 24.
  The stock market crash of 1929 was the worst
  financial upset in U. S. History.

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The Global Effects Of The Great Depression

• The Great Depression was the biggest crisis ever
  experienced by the world economy. It hit almost
  every country. Many countries experienced the
  catastrophic breakdown of their national
  economies, and only a few came away without major
  damage. The Depression manifested itself in
  events which had no obvious relevance for many
  people, such as the complete deterioration of
  stock prices, the dissolution of the
  international currency system or the fall of
  world prices.

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1932 AMERICAN DREAMS ARE SHATTERED

• 14 million Americans are jobless (almost 1/3 the
  workforce)
• Banks foreclose on houses and farms
• No food, no clothes, no jobs
• Recycled lifestyle

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STRUCTURE OF AMERICAN SOCIETY DISINTEGRATES

• Factories and mines close
• Banks are worthless
• Consumer buying comes
• to a standstill

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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?A Web quest on the
Great Depression

• Studentscopy the following website and complete
  the web quest of the Great Depression. ENJOY! ?

http//www.hazelwood.k12.mo.us/cdavis01/webquests
/kmw/
ttp//www.hazelwood.k12.mo.us/cdavis01/webquests/
khmw/