Chi Leminh
Period 5
11/18/14
Unit 4: The 1920s and the Great Depression
Chapter 14: The Great Depression Begins
Section 1: Hardship and Suffering During the Great Depression
I. The Depression Devastates People’s Lives
A. The Depression in Urban Areas
a. Many people were evicted out of their homes and lives in sewers, parks, and in the streets.
b. Shantytowns began to form out of the need for homes.
i. The houses were made form discarded rags and wood.
c. Soup kitchens and bread lines offered free or low-cost foods.
d. Latinos and African Americans faced an even tougher economic crisis, and they also dealt with more racial violence than before.
B. The Depression in Rural Areas
a. The farmers could at least grow food for their families.
i. Many farmers however, lost their land through foreclosure.
C. The Dust Bowl
a. In the early 1930s, plowing in the great plains had broken up the land and made it unsuitable for faming.
i. When the drought came and with so few grass and trees, the topsoil came up and dust travelled for miles.
b. The Dust Bowl included Oklahoma, Kansas, New Mexico, Texas, and Colorado.
i. Many families who has lost their livelihoods moved to California and the Pacific in hopes of finding work.
II. Effect on The American Family
A. Men in the Streets
a. Many families has entertained themselves by playing board games. Men had trouble coping with unemployment because they were very used to supporting their families by working.
i. 300,000 transients wandered the country, looking for work.
b. Direct Relief did not exist to help the people who needed it the most; there was no way to help the poor.
B. Women Struggle to Survive
a. Many women canned food and sewed
