The Great Depression 1929 - 1939 by Ryan Leclerc https://padlet.com/rleclerc0918/Bookmarks HIS 112 Musem Display Project en-us 2021-04-20 00:38:30 UTC 2025-04-24 10:36:40 UTC hello@padlet.com https://mtviewmirror.com/wp-content/uploads/great-depression.jpg Soup Kitchens rleclerc0918 https://padlet.com/rleclerc0918/Bookmarks/wish/1435763699 The Soup Kitchens during the Great Depression were places where hungry men, women and children were served a free meal, usually consisting of vegetable soup and bread. Who ran the Soup Kitchens? The Soup Kitchens were initially run by volunteers of various charities. The charities were soon unable to meet the demand.]]> 2021-04-20 01:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/rleclerc0918/Bookmarks/wish/1435763699 Black Tuesday rleclerc0918 https://padlet.com/rleclerc0918/Bookmarks/wish/1435775910 October 29, 1929 The Stock Market Crashed]]> 2021-04-20 01:13:56 UTC https://padlet.com/rleclerc0918/Bookmarks/wish/1435775910 Black Tuesday rleclerc0918 https://padlet.com/rleclerc0918/Bookmarks/wish/1435808687 Rush to take out cash from banks after the stock market crashed]]> 2021-04-20 01:25:56 UTC https://padlet.com/rleclerc0918/Bookmarks/wish/1435808687 A Letter from 1934 rleclerc0918 https://padlet.com/rleclerc0918/Bookmarks/wish/1435825848 A letter from a desperate mother asking president Roosevelt for an old coat]]> 2021-04-20 01:32:39 UTC https://padlet.com/rleclerc0918/Bookmarks/wish/1435825848 Dust Bowl rleclerc0918 https://padlet.com/rleclerc0918/Bookmarks/wish/1435865368 In the 1930s severe drought, overcultivation of the land that had begun years before, and dust storms combined to devastate part of the Great Plains of the United States. The section extending over southeastern Colorado, southwestern Kansas, the panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma, and northeastern New Mexico became known as the Dust Bowl. About 2.5 million people were forced to leave the area in search of new homes and jobs during the depression.]]> 2021-04-20 01:46:56 UTC https://padlet.com/rleclerc0918/Bookmarks/wish/1435865368 Breadline in New York City's Bryant Park during the Great Depression. rleclerc0918 https://padlet.com/rleclerc0918/Bookmarks/wish/1435870346 The depression left many Americans hungry and in poverty. People waited in long breadlines, hoping for something to eat. People sold apples on street corners for five cents. One of the most popular songs of the time was “Brother,Can You Spare a Dime?”


]]> 2021-04-20 01:48:55 UTC https://padlet.com/rleclerc0918/Bookmarks/wish/1435870346 Migrant Mother Nipomo, California, in 1936, during the Great Depression. rleclerc0918 https://padlet.com/rleclerc0918/Bookmarks/wish/1435878870 The Grapes of Wrath (1939), a family struggles to escape Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl. ]]> 2021-04-20 01:51:55 UTC https://padlet.com/rleclerc0918/Bookmarks/wish/1435878870 rleclerc0918 https://padlet.com/rleclerc0918/Bookmarks/wish/1454816060 2021-04-24 15:57:41 UTC https://padlet.com/rleclerc0918/Bookmarks/wish/1454816060 rleclerc0918 https://padlet.com/rleclerc0918/Bookmarks/wish/1454818023 2021-04-24 15:59:20 UTC https://padlet.com/rleclerc0918/Bookmarks/wish/1454818023 rleclerc0918 https://padlet.com/rleclerc0918/Bookmarks/wish/1454830223 2021-04-24 16:08:57 UTC https://padlet.com/rleclerc0918/Bookmarks/wish/1454830223 The Great Depression rleclerc0918 https://padlet.com/rleclerc0918/Bookmarks/wish/1454850539 Time line of important events]]> 2021-04-24 16:24:32 UTC https://padlet.com/rleclerc0918/Bookmarks/wish/1454850539 Soup Kitchen rleclerc0918 https://padlet.com/rleclerc0918/Bookmarks/wish/1454858208
Unemployed men eat soup in Washington, circa 1935. Photograph: Archive Photos/Getty Images


]]> 2021-04-24 16:30:21 UTC https://padlet.com/rleclerc0918/Bookmarks/wish/1454858208 Unemployment rleclerc0918 https://padlet.com/rleclerc0918/Bookmarks/wish/1454865218 Unemployment Rate for the Untied States during the Great Depression from 1929 - 1935]]> 2021-04-24 16:36:06 UTC https://padlet.com/rleclerc0918/Bookmarks/wish/1454865218 Fall in Money Supply and Deflation. rleclerc0918 https://padlet.com/rleclerc0918/Bookmarks/wish/1454872260 The great depression began with the Wall Street Crash. This caused a loss of wealth. It was compounded because many had borrowed to buy shares (called buying on the margin). When shares fell, many investors and ordinary people lost significant sums and went bankrupt. Banks started to see loan defaults and there concerns banks were running out of money. This led to well-publicized ‘bank runs’ with queues of people wanting to withdraw money. Many medium-sized banks went bankrupt leading to people losing their savings. This led to a fall in the money supply and deflation (falling prices). People hoarded cash in their homes.]]> 2021-04-24 16:41:18 UTC https://padlet.com/rleclerc0918/Bookmarks/wish/1454872260