life during the depression
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Life During the Depression. The Depression Worsens. Hoover opposed direct federal relief to the unemployed because he believed that individuals should be responsible for taking care of themselves. The Depression Worsens. Charity to Poor - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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LIFE DURING THE DEPRESSION
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The Depression Worsens
A. Hoover opposed direct federal relief to the unemployed because he believed that individuals should be responsible for taking care of themselves
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The Depression WorsensB. Charity to Poor
1. Shantytowns or “Hoovervilles”- communities of shacks2. Hobos- a migratory worker or homeless drifter3. Charities set up soup kitchens
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The Depression Worsens
C. The Dust Bowl1. “Okies”- farmers who
fled agricultural disasters in the Midwest
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Escaping the DepressionA. Hollywood Fantasy
1. Groucho Marx- American Comedian
B. Gone with the Wind
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Escaping the Depression
C. Walt Disney1. Snow White and
the Seven Dwarfs was the first full-length animated film
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Escaping the DepressionB. Radio
1. Provided an escape from the dreary days of the depression
2. Soap Operas
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Depression in Art
A. The Subjects1. Grant Wood- rural paintings2. John Steinbeck: wrote Grapes of
Wrath, about a family fleeing the dust bowl
American Gothic
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Depression in Art3. William Faulkner: Wrote “
The Sound and the Fury” about relationships between African Americans and Whites
4. Margaret Bourke- famous pictures of the Depression
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Hoover DamA. would control floods, provide irrigation water and
produce hydroelectric power