homelessness

bank failures

high tariffs and taxes

struggling farmers

Flooding along the Mississippi River

The Dust Bowl

Tornadoes called the Helen Hunt Twisters

Hurricanes along the Gulf Coast

farm goods

consumer goods

farm and consumer goods

iPhones

Many farmers were forced to leave the Great Plains.

Unemployment decreased gradually.

Many homes long the Mississippi River were flooded.

Hoover was re-elected as president.

World War I veterans who marched on Washington D.C.

refugees from the Dust Bowl

risky stocky purchases

the periodic growth and contraction of the economy

a risky stock purchase

the cause of the Great Depression

the periodic growth and contraction of the economy

President Roosevelt's plan for ending the Great Depression

they had little community or family support

they were forced to migrate South to find work in the North

they had to fight efforts by government officials to send them to reservations in Oklahoma

they faced discrimiation when competing for jobs with whte Americans

central California 

northern cities to make cars

Kansas City to work in meat packing 

southern agricultural areas to pick cotton

stock market

banks

Federal Reserve

Ford Motors

F.D.R.'
s relief programs were unsuccessful.

many felt that Herbert Hoover was not handling the Depression well.

protests by veterans during the Depression were effective.

the U.S. Army had increased in size and power during the Depression.

World War I veteran who marched on Washington D.C.

refugee from the Dust Bowl

a risky stock purchase

president when the Stock Market crashed

uneven distribution of wealth

a booming economy

high demand and low supply

'Merica

the Cold War

Prohibition

the Starving Time

the Great Depression

a terrorist bombing

giant Midwestern dust storms

a trade embargo

a stock market crash

at the start of the Great Depression

during the Great Drpession

towards the end of the Great Depression

Consumers never spent any money during the Great Depression.

Consumer spending increased rapidly in the early 1930s and then decreased gradually in the mid to late 1930s.

Consumer spending dropped gradually in the early 1930s and remained about the same throughout the mid to late 1930s.

Consumer spending dropped rapidly in the early 1930s, then increased gradually in the mid to late 1930s.

There was no consumer spending at all during the Great Depression.

by forcing police to enforce anti-liquor laws

by making it easier for bootleggers to branch into other types of illegal activity, like tax evasion or mail fraud

by forcing farmers to grow grain for the production of alcohol

by strengthening respect for the law

prospered economically.

commanded high prices for their products.

purchased more stock than did city dwellers.

suffered economically.

women during the Gilded Age

women entering the workforce during the 1920s

New Women known as flappers

workers from the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory

the Federal Reserve increased the money supply.

Germany ceased reparation payments to the United States.

investors lost confidence in the market and rushed to sell their tock shares.

depositors lost their investments and tried to withdraw all of the savings from banks.

Not all women wanted to be flappers, but many wanted to challenge political, economic, social, and educational boundaries.

Women of the 1920s believed that they did not have the same social and political rights as men.

Women had difficulty finding white-collar jobs such as telephone operators.

During the decade women still tended to marry young and have numerous children.

farmers

industrial workers

bankser

stock market investors

bank closures

the Dust Bowl

a Hooverville

the stock market crash

the land could not be farmed.

they had lost their investments.

the banks and businesses had closed.

too many homeless people had moved there.

Investors lost confidence in the market.

Farmers sold crop surpluses to pay off their debts.

Americans purchased many new consumer goods on credit.

Wages increased at the same pace as worker productivity.

Unemployment reached nearly 25 percent.

The Federal Reserve lowered interest rates.

Germany stopped reparation payments to the United States.

Investors sold more than 16 million shares of stock.

a long rainy season

decreased debt burden

falling prices for crops and livestock

increased demand for agricultural products

putting down new layers of topsoil.

moving off of the plains to find new farmland.

damming western rivers and using irrigation techniques.

using intensive farming practices that removed protective grasses.

Farmers had huge surpluses of crops but demand for them decreased drastically so they went into debt.

Acquiring a line of credit was easy, but it caused more debt for people who could not make payments.

Wealthy people grew wealthier and had money to spend on consumer products, but this spending was not enough to keep the economy booming.

World War II veterans would not pay Germany back their war debt.

Prices for farm products were rising again.

Congress had passed a bill to pay World War I veterans their bonuses early.

President Hoover’s volunteerism and trickle-down economic policies had failed to correct the problems in the "business cycle".

President Hoover denied responsibility for the use of federal troops against protestors.

thought that the business cycle would correct itself.

was distracted by the giant dust storms in the Great Plains.

did not have any experience with business methods and economic theory.

believed that the federal government needed to take an active approach to recovery.

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

Cheer Up! Smile! Nertz!

Dream a Little Dream of Me

1925

1929

1932

1940

increased dramaticaly

increased slightly

decreased drmatically

decreased slightly