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In the late 1920s America seemed invincible. People were making money and the economy was booming. But in 1929, just six months after the inauguration of Herbert Hoover as the U.S. President, the stock market crashed and the economy plummeted.

To make things worse, the southern plains in western Kansas, Oklahoma, and the Texas Panhandle were suffering the most terrible drought in memory. In 1931, the drought and strong winds caused dust storms to roll across the country. The dust was black - blotting out the sun and making the air unbreathable. The region became known as the Dust Bowl. People (and animals) couldn't live in the dust so they started to move. Soon there were Dust Bowl refugees - families who packed up their belongings to head west to California.

By 1932, 12.5 million men and women were unemployed. People were lining up on bread lines to get food, and malnutrition was becoming a serious problem among children. People blamed President Hoover, so they elected Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1933. Roosevelt came up with the New Deal, a series of economic reforms to help the American economy recover. For the first time, the government took an active role in fixing people's lives. Roosevelt passed emergency legislation to solve the banking crisis, and he set up the Works Progress Administration, or WPA, to provide jobs for more than 3.5 million unemployed people. The WPA built more than half a million roads as well as 150,000 schools, parks, dams, and other public projects.

In order to escape the sad realities of life, many people turned to movies and radio for much needed escape and entertainment. The 1930s became known as the Golden Age of Radio, with popular shows like "Dick Tracy" and "The Shadow." The WPA sponsored artists and musicians to provide cheap or free shows to entertain people. Roller-skating, and even board games, became very popular (it was during this time that Monopoly was invented). Despite their heartaches and their despair, Americans were imaginative and resourceful.

The New Deal gradually pulled America out of the Depression, though it has been said that the country did not completely recover until World War II.

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The Great Depression was a worldwide economic downturn that lasted for many years.

It started in the United States and affected almost every country.

One of the most important things it did was make people want to get new jobs.

The Great Depression was the worst economic event in history. The Great Depression started with the stock market crash of 1929. It lasted until World War II ended, which was 1946. Economists and historians often say that this is the worst event in modern history.

The stock market crash in October 1929 was the beginning of the Great Depression. By 1933, there were 25% unemployment rates. More than 5,000 banks had closed.

President Herbert Hoover tried to fix this by using the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, but these measures did not work well enough. Franklin Roosevelt became president in 1932. His New Deal offered a different approach to solving the Great Depression.

What caused the Great Depression

The U.S. economy was excellent, and people made a lot of money from stocks in the 1920s. People had stock exchanges where they could buy and sell stocks, but some people were doing things like putting their savings into the stock market for no good reason, which led to a big crash later on.

The stock market started to go down in the 1920s. Unemployment went up. Jobs became hard to find. Banks had large loans that they could not sell on the market.

The stock prices were higher than they should have been because people didn't have enough money for goods. Then there was an economic downturn in the agriculture sector, meaning that there were not enough crops being grown or low food prices.

The Wall Street Crash

On October 24, 1929, people started to sell the shares they were buying for more than what they were worth. This happened because there were too many. The day this was happening was called "Black Thursday." People traded a record 12.9 million shares that day, and it is still considered one of the worst days in history.

Five days later, on October 29th, or "Black Tuesday," sixteen million shares were traded. It was panic that made it happen. Millions of people lost money, and those who had borrowed money got wiped out completely.

After the stock market crashed, people were scared. They didn't want to spend money. Other businesses then had less business because people don't buy things when they are afraid of them. People with jobs worked more, but they made less money, and people could only afford fewer things with their lower wages.

Many Americans who had to borrow money to buy their homes ended up in debt. The number of foreclosures and repossessions was high. But the global adherence to the gold standard helped spread economic problems from America worldwide, especially Europe.

President Hoover

Despite promises from Herbert Hoover and other leaders, the Great Depression worsened. By 1930, 4 million Americans were looking for work, and they could not find it. That number increased to 6 million in 1931.

Meanwhile, America's industrial production dropped by 50%. People were buying fewer things because they had less money. There were more lines at soup kitchens and more homeless people in America's towns and cities.

In the fall of 1930, people didn't have confidence in their banks and took their money, so they had enough cash. This made it hard for banks to give out loans.

A lot of banks closed in the United States. By 1933, thousands of them had closed.

In this dire situation, Hoover's administration tried to help banks with government loans. The idea was that the banks would then give loans to businesses, hiring their employees back. Banks also needed to get rid of loans they couldn't pay back by selling them.

Hoover believed that the government should not do work for people but instead let them find jobs. He also thought that it was not the government's responsibility to create jobs or provide economic relief.

The Dust Bowl

The Dust Bowl was a dry time in the Southern Plains. There were terrible dust storms.

A terrible drought went through the Southern Plains in 1930. Massive dust storms began in 1931. A series of drought years made the water shortage worse.

There are 35 million acres of land that could not be farmed anymore, and another 125 million acres of land was losing its topsoil. Farmers couldn't buy their crops. So they left them there to rot. People who were starving lost their food and animals.

Dust storms happened during the Dust Bowl. These storms would carry dirt from the Great Plains and make it go all the way to Washington and New York City. Ships in the Atlantic Ocean were covered in dirt.

In some areas, dust made it hard to see the sky. It was like a big cloud that covered the sky and then became a blanket on the ground. The dust got into houses and made them dirty.

Some people had trouble breathing because of the dust. There are estimates about how many people died from this condition, but how many died from this problem is not clear.

On April 14, 1935, the worst dust storm happened. News reports called it Black Sunday. A wall of blowing sand and dirt started in Oklahoma and spread east. Millions of tons of dirt blew off the Great Plains on this day.

The Dust Bowl was a terrible time because of the high winds that blew dust from Texas to Nebraska. This made people move into cities for work instead of where they used to be on farms.

The Dust Bowl also called the Dirty Thirties, lasted for ten years. But its economic impacts on the region continue to affect it today.

President Roosevelt

In 1932, the country was in a depression. More than 20% of people were unemployed. Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt won the election because people voted for him to fix their problems and make things better.

On the day that FDR became president, all of the U.S. states had already ordered banks to close, and there was not enough money to pay for workers from the government. But FDR felt confident and optimistic by declaring, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

Roosevelt took action to fix the country's economic problems first by making a four-day bank holiday. This meant that banks would close, and we could pass legislation for them to reopen. He also spoke to the public over the radio, and these were called "fireside chats".

During Roosevelt's first 100 days in office, he passed laws that helped stabilize and grow the economy. He also created two organizations to help the economy. One organization protects people's money in banks, and another helps to keep stock markets safe so they can't go wrong as they did before.

The New Deal

The New Deal was a series of programs started by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to fix the Great Depression. Roosevelt tried quickly to better the economy by providing jobs and different relief programs for those having a bad time.

The government created many different experimental New Deal projects over the next eight years. These projects fundamentally changed how US federal governments work by making them more prominent than before so they could serve more people better.

The government can use the money to help the economy. When they do this, it is called Keynesian economics.

The New Deal did many things that gave people jobs and made sure that prices were low. For example, if a product is too expensive, the government might change the price or even stop making it buy more.

Roosevelt tried to support prices and wages. He also took away the US from the international gold standard. He banned some business practices that some people think are competitive, and he created new public works programs to help people get jobs.

The Roosevelt administration paid farmers to stop or cut back on their production. One of the challenges was destroying excess crops, despite the need for people who wanted food they could afford.

Federal taxes increased three times from 1933 to 1940. Taxes went up for things like income, inheritance, and corporate taxes. These are all types of taxes.

The United States built many projects that employed people. These projects were like dams, bridges, tunnels, and roads that are still in use today.

The New Deal helped the country. Because of it, people felt better when they saw that there were measurable results, like when FDR closed the banks for a week in 1933 to stop people from taking their money out.

In World War II, the United States got better. The war made trade happen. It also fixed a problem with prices and wages. Suddenly, there was a lot of demand for things that were not expensive, and this led to a significant economic stimulus.

Although the economy got better, it wasn't enough to convince people that the New Deal helped get America out of the Great Depression. The Great Depression was the result of three things. A changing Federal Reserve, tariffs, and inconsistent government intervention. It might be made better or even avoided by changing any one of these factors.
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The Dust Bowl was a region of the Southwestern Great Plains of the United States that experienced crippling drought throughout the 1930s, coupled with high winds and soil erosion from years of aggressive and ill-conceived farming practices that upset the ecology of the prairie.

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The Great Depression is often considered the worst economic event in American history. The Great Depression started with the stock market crash of 1929 and lasted until 1946 and the end of World War II. You will explore these events through powerful images, audio content, interactive maps, and political cartoons.

Backstory - a story that tells what led up to the main story or plot

Billboard - a very large board where advertisements are shown, especially on the side of a road or highway

Black Tuesday - the day the New York Stock Exchange crashed (October 29th, 1929)

Boll Weevil - a snout beetle, Anthonomus grandis, that attacks the bolls of cotton

Bread Line - (also written as breadline) - a line of people waiting for free food, often at a public space referred to as a soup kitchen as soup and bread were distributed frequently to those in need.

Calamity - an event that causes great harm and suffering

Contemporary - marked by characteristics of the present time period

Default - a failure to fulfill an obligation to repay a debt

Depopulation - the reduction of the number of persons in a place

Dust Bowl - an area of the southern Great Plains that suffered from a lack of rain (drought), poor farming practices, and damaging dust storms

Eviction - the dispossession of a tenant of leased property by force or legal process

Federal Reserve - a federal agency that regulates banking policies and practices

Food Insecurity - inability to consistently access or afford adequate food

Great Depression - the severe economic crisis that took place in the 1930s

Hoovervilles - shanty towns (built out of boxes, tents, etc.) during the Great Depression named for President Hoover because of his administration's failure to provide relief

Irony - afigure of speech, or use of words with an interesting or surprising result than what one would normally expect, or what the real thing or situation is, often presented in a humorous or dramatic way

Migrant Worker - a person who moves from place to place to find work, often working seasonally in agriculture

Out-migration - the action of leaving one place to settle in another, especially within a country.

Propaganda - information used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view, especially that of a government

Public Works - government-funded infrastructure projects that include highways, parks, and libraries

Recovery - the process of returning to a normal or usual state

Reform - changes to a law, social system, or institution

Relief - help for the needy, including financial assistance, food, clothing, or shelter

Stock - shares of ownership in a company that can be bought and sold

Tag - a label attached to someone or something for the purpose of identification or to give other information

The New Deal - President Franklin D. Roosevelt's program to help solve the economic problems triggered by the Great Depression

Treemap - a visual representation of data, usually expressed as rectangles. Each grouping is represented by a rectangle with an area proportional to its value. (see context as used in the learning resources.)

White-collar - relating to people who work in administrative, managerial, and other office capacities

Works Progress Administration (WPA) - President Franklin D. Roosevelt's work program, engineered as part of the New Deal for the purpose of providing jobs for millions of unemployed Americans during the Great Depression

Work Relief - programs designed under the New Deal to create jobs for the unemployed

How do images from the Great Depression show conflicting realities of life in America?

In this lesson, you will learn about a period of American history known as the Great Depression. For many Americans, this economic disaster was a time of great despair and loss. Many people lost jobs, property, homes, and a sense of identity. Despite massive recovery efforts, like President Roosevelt's New Deal, many Americans continued to suffer. Billboard advertising originated in the late 19th century and became a more popular form of advertising as more families began to travel by automobile in the 20th century. Advertisements showcasing the American idea were popular, but it was not an ideal that many people could realistically attain. During the Great Depression, billboards such as the one below provided a sharp contrast to the reality of many who were unemployed, near starving, waiting in bread lines for their next meal..

Use your observational skills to analyze and reflect on this famous photograph from 1937.

Look closely at the photograph, taken by Margaret Bourke-White in 1937. Turn and talk to an elbow partner to answer the questions below about this image. If working remotely, your teacher may let you work using a collaborative document such as Google Docs or Google Slides, or meet virtually via videoconferencing:

What do you notice?

What are the people wearing?

How are they presenting themselves?

What words come to mind as you look at them?

What do the words on the sign tell you about this image?

What surprises you about this image?

What confirms what you already knew?

What are you curious about?

What questions do you have?

How might you find out more?

Visit the Whitney Museum of American Art website to read the backstory of Margaret Bourke-White's iconic image.

Read the following article to learn more about how billboards were used as a form of propaganda during the Great Depression.

Turn and talk to an elbow partner to discuss the following prompts about the article once you've both read it independently. If working remotely, your teacher may allow you to collaborate using a collaborative document such as Google Docs or Google Slides, or meet virtually via videoconferencing.

How do the images of the billboards align with the everyday life of Americans during this era?

Do the billboards reflect the lived experience of all Americans?

What message might you create to add to a contemporary billboard representative of present-day families' views about America?

Your teacher may ask you to record your answers on an exit ticket.
How can we use visual imagery and geography to examine life during the Great Depression?

To begin answering these questions, you will explore a famous collection of 170,000 photos that documented life in America from 1935 to 1944. This documentary project was part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's government relief, recovery, and reform efforts during the Great Depression. Under the direction of the Resettlement Administration and the Farm Security Administration, photographers were sent to all corners of America to capture visual representations of everyday life during the Great Depression. Many photographs reveal the beauty and resilience of the American people in the face of calamity, and others show the suffering and injustice that many people faced. Photogrammar is a digital mapping tool used to geographically tag thousands of these photos. Visit the Introduction page to read about this archive and its background. Explorethe other tabs at the top of the page to browse images by photographer, theme, and location. A treemap is a visual way of representing data, or content, where the size of each rectangle correlates with the amount of information it represents. Notice how the photographs in Photogrammar have been categorized by themes in a treemap to support inquiry into specific areas of interest.

Reflect on:

Which images stand out to you the most?

What new information did you learn from the images?

What surprised you?

Tip: Use the " Theme " tab to view the treemap of sub-collections of photographs. For example, by choosing the tags "Homes and Living Conditions" you can navigate to "Food Preparation" or "Eating" to examine photographs tagged in these categories.

Hunger and food insecurity were a constant threat for many families during the Great Depression.

In this learning activity, you will examine four images from the Great Depression: two photographs and two posters. Each image has something to do with the relationship Americans had with food during the Great Depression. It is your job to use prior knowledge and observational skills to analyze each image and extract meaning. You will complete a See, Think, Wonder graphic organizer to aid you in organizing your thinking and making connections. Your teacher may share a copy with you or have you make your own digital copy.

The Works Progress Administration, known as the WPA, was a job program created in response to unemployment during the Great Depression, as part of the New Deal recovery package. Through the WPA, millions of Americans benefited from work opportunities that resulted in both infrastructure and artwork. The poster images you will use are part of the WPA Poster Collection at the Library of Congress, where you can read more about the history of this collection. The photograph images created by the "Historic Section" of the Resettlement Administration are archived at the Library of Congress and mapped here using Photogrammar.

Practice your observation skills by analyzing the following four images created during the Great Depression. Each image will share important details and insight on the topics of food and hunger during this time period.

Notice the original captions included above the images. What do you notice about the way the photographs are explained in the captions? How is the language different from today?

For each image, complete the See, Think, Wondergraphic organizer to record your thinking. Be ready to contribute your observations to a group discussion.

What is this poster promoting?

Why do you think the government made this poster?

Where might the government hang this poster for the public to view?

What do you notice most about the objects in this photograph?

What do you notice about the child in this photograph?

What agencies or organizations help families in need of food assistance and support today?

Do you live on or know someone who lives on a working farm?

Do you have a garden or orchard in your backyard or at your school?

Do you get your food from a grocery store or a farmers' market?

Do you have experience with canning and preserving food?

What is this poster promoting?

Why do you think the government wanted to communicate this message in this poster?

How might growing your own food be good for you in more ways than nutritionally?

Be prepared to share your observations and insights from your See, Think, Wonder organizers with a partner or small group, as directed by your teacher. If working remotely, you may use breakout rooms through videoconferencing or share via a collaborative document such as Google Docs or Google Slides, or meet virtually via videoconferencing.

To gain an even deeper visual understanding of life during the Great Depression, use the Great Depression Photo Series slides linked below to analyze a series of four photographs taken by Carl Mydan of the same subject as image #2. Your teacher may provide a link to the slides, or ask you to make your own copy of the link provided.

Spend some time examining the images. Select one of the images from the series that stands out to you. Then, on the fifth slide, share your thoughts as you follow the prompts. Your teacher will instruct you on how and where to share your response.

Your teacher may ask you to record your answers on an exit ticket.
How did the Great Depression change childhood and family life for Americans?

With massive unemployment, the Great Depression drastically changed the lives of American workers and those who depended upon them. Housing, clothing, food, schooling, and medical care were altered for many families during this time period. The trauma from this sudden change would have long-lasting effects on those growing up during the Great Depression.

To learn more, watch the video Childhood Lost: An Overview of the Great Depression.

Reflect on your own experiences after viewing the video.

Has there been a time when you have experienced hardship?

What connections can you make from your own experiences to the hardships faced by families during the Great Depression?

For many young people and families, the lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic was a time when normal routines and a sense of security were suddenly altered. Many families struggled with school closings, childcare, feelings of isolation, loss of wages food insecurity, the threat of eviction, illness, and other worries.

Explore Lessons from the Great Depression for Today, a Bunk Collection of articles and videos. Choose one of the three resources to read/watch carefully.

Use the Venn Diagram provided by your teacher, or make a digital copy to compare and contrast the COVID-19 pandemic's influence on children and families with that of the Great Depression. Your teacher will direct you if you may work in partners of small groups, or if working remotely, your teacher may let you work using a collaborative document such as a Google Doc or Google Slides or meet via video conferencing.

In what ways are these two events similar?

In what ways are they different?

Using the information you have sorted in the diagram, complete the reflection on the second page to communicate the similarities and differences between the Covid pandemic and the Great Depression on children and families. Your reflection should be completed independently.
Your teacher may ask you to record your answers on an exit ticket.
In the midst of a crashing economy, how were the lives of Americans living in the Great Plains region changed by the Dust Bowl storms of the 1930s?

One contributing factor to the Great Depression, and subsequent depopulation of the Great Plains region, was the Dust Bowl catastrophe of the 1930s. This was both a human and environmental disaster of massive proportions caused by years of drought and poor agricultural practices..

Explore this event by reading The Dust Bowl segment of this timeline from the Library of Congress.

Read the description and listen to this brief audio recording from musician/poet Flora Robertson, an Oklahoman who lived through the Dust Bowl.

View the maps of both white and Black population changes for 1930-40 and the map of the spread of the boll weevil from the Southern Journey StoryMap. Be sure to view the maps in the online StoryMap, carefully reading all captions.

Use the images, audio content, and maps you have explored about the Dust Bowl to help you reflect on the following questions:

What geographic patterns do you notice on the Southern Journey population maps?

How do the maps of the Dust Bowl and Boll Weevil contribute to your understanding of this place?

How did the physical landscape contribute to the hardships faced by families living in the Great Plains?

Give an example of how the Dust Bowl created hardships for families and animals. Cite specific evidence to support your claim.

The Great Depression gave birth to art in many forms as Americans looked for outlets to express their experiences. Earlier you listened to an interview with Flora Robertson, a Dust Bowl survivor who turned to music to express her feelings about experiences. Read and reflect on Flora Robertson's song lyrics from Why We Come To California to better understand the perspectives of people migrating from the Dust Bowl region to start new lives.

Return to the Photogrammar map to select a photograph of the Dust Bowl that you think best represents the perspective communicated in the lyrics of Why We Come To California. Follow the directions on the slide provided. You will need to make a copy of the slide or use one provided by your teacher. Be sure to communicate what evidence you used to demonstrate how your selected image accurately represents this perspective.

Your teacher will direct you if you may work in partners of small groups, or if working remotely, your teacher may let you work using a collaborative document such as a Google Doc or Google Slides, or meet virtually via videoconferencing.

Your teacher may ask you to share your slide or record your answers on an exit ticket.
Did all Americans benefit from the New Deal?

Editorial cartoons have been used since the colonial era in America to comment on current events. When analyzing an editorial cartoon, it is important to decipher whose perspective is being shared to correctly understand the cartoon's message.

Working with a partner, you will analyze three editorial cartoons from the Great Depression that illustrate various perspectives about President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs. Examine each cartoon and verbally reflect on the questions provided using the Library of Congress graphic organizer for analyzing political cartoons provided by your teacher. Choose one of the cartoons to determine perspective and message by answering the questions in writing, using a digital copy of the response sheet or a hard copy provided by your teacher.

Using the same skills you practiced to analyze the political cartoon, turn your attention to a more recent debate. Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, there were already many debates across the United States and other countries about the safety of vaccines. Take a few minutes to explore a few articles on the subject here using Bunk.

Your teacher will provide directions on how to share your observations. This may be in the form of a small or whole group discussion, or perhaps a gallery walk.

If working remotely, your teacher may let you work using a collaborative document such as a Google Doc or Google Slides, or meet virtually via videoconferencing.

Now it is your turn ...

Create an editorial cartoon of your own that has to do with life during the coronavirus pandemic. You may need to complete additional research to make sure your cartoon topic and perspective are well communicated in your image. You will need to include your own experiences of the pandemic or the experiences of someone who felt the effects of the pandemic.

Your teacher can advise you on what options you have to create your cartoon. Google Slides and Canva provides two digital options for creating your cartoon. You may wish to create a hand-drawn cartoon and your teacher will advise you on how to share your final product. For example, if you are working remotely, you may be advised to take a picture of your cartoon and submit it digitally using a collaborative doc such as a Google Doc, Google Slides, or SeeSaw.

We'd love to see your cartoon! If your teacher or a trusted adult allows it, please share it with us via email: editor@newamericanhistory.org or via social media (links on our pages). Be sure to tag us as you share!
Your teacher may ask you to record your answers on an exit ticket.

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"About This Collection : Posters: WPA Posters: Digital Collections: Library of Congress." The Library of Congress. Accessed March 29, 2022. https://www.loc.gov/collections/works-progress-administration-posters/about-this-collection/.

Ayers, Edward L., Justin Madron, and Nathaniel Ayers. "The Restless South, 1860-1940." ArcGIS StoryMaps. Digital Scholarship Lab, July 28, 2021. https://dsl.richmond.edu/southernjourney/ https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/3623b54371434be0b7612c87b8cc3f1f.

Childhood Lost: An Overview of the Great Depression. ASHP CML, 2010. https://youtu.be/pNOT4fWPOSc.

"Collection: Lessons From the Great Depression For Today." Bunk History. Accessed March 29, 2022. https://www.bunkhistory.org/collections/p7spe8.

Dundon, Rian. "Photos: Depression-Era Billboards Sold and Celebrated the 'American Way.'" Medium. Timeline, May 14, 2018. https://timeline.com/great-depression-billboards-were-false-advertising-973ffbee981c.

Greaves (Unidentified Artist )."The King Can Do No Wrong"1940, Princeton University, Princeton NJ USA. Mudd Manuscript Library, Political Cartoon Collection. https://paw.princeton.edu/article/bonus-cartoon-slideshow

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