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Fashion for women was more affordable. The focus was on jewelry

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Appropriately, the hit song of 1932 was Bing Crosby’s  “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?”

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- 32nd President of America
- Hoover was a Republican and supported the belief that people should help themselves.

- This led to him doing practically nothing to support his citizens in their time of need – and also nothing to stop the rapid downfall of the Dow Jones Industrial

- As the Crash continued and the economic state of the US went downhill, so did Hoover’s unpopularity

- Was voted out of parliament and replaced by Roosevelt, who began to repair the damage Hoover caused.

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-              Fall of the stock markets globally (mainly in USA though)

-              Official date Tue October 29, 1929 (Black Tuesday)

-              Stocks wouldn’t be back where they were prior to the Crash until 1954

-              Caused by the indulgence of the Roaring 20’s – people using the stock market as a way to gain money

-              Resulted in the loss of work for 12 million people and rates going up every day

-              Resulted in suicide on a record annual high

-              Creation of Hoovervilles by those out of work

-              The stocks reached their record low in winter of 1932.

-              Resulted in the eventual downfall of President Herbert Hoover – who did next to nothing to help those affected by the Crash and didn’t change his methods that initially caused the crash.

-              Thousands of banks went bankrupt and out of business

-              Industries suffered as well as consumers were out of money and couldn’t afford to purchase things.

-              Affected Europe

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-              Europe was still suffering the reparations of WW1, especially Germany

-              Germany, during the Wall St Crash, was paying off the harsh reparations of the Treaty of Versailles and suffered greatly from the Crash

-              Europe didn’t suffer anywhere near as much as America who prospered throughout the time after WW1 leading up to the Crash and lost the vast majority of their stocks.

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- As people became unemployed they were evicted from their homes.
- They were constructed of cardboard, tar paper, tin, glass and lumber.
- Some held thousands of people. Depending on the size of the area, that would effect the size of the Hooverville.
- Where ever there was a Hooverville, there was a river. They tried to construct the Hooverville's near rivers for the water source.

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- Dance Marathons were a way for people to forget about their worries and the downfall of America.
- Couples would dance until they either dropped or fell asleep. The winning couple would earn a prize.
The prizes were sometimes; food, shelter and cash prizes. Cash prizes were the favourite prize because you could buy things you wished for.