THE GREAT DEPRESSION BY ANDREW CRONIN WHAT WAS

THE GREAT DEPRESSION BY: ANDREW CRONIN

WHAT WAS THE GREAT DEPRESSION? • GREAT DEPRESSION STARTED WITH THE STOCK MARKET CRASH OF 1929 • THE STOCK MARKET CRASH CAUSED WALL STREET TO GO INTO PANIC MODE • FARMERS AND UNSKILLED WORKERS WERE EXCLUDED DURING THE 1920 S TO FOCUS MORE ON BUSINESS www. chirotexas. org Article of the Great Depression

WHAT WAS THE GREAT DEPRESSION? • THE STOCK MARKET CRASH OF 1929 WAS KNOWN AS “BLACK TUESDAY. ” • FIVE DAYS LATER, ON “BLACK TUESDAY, ” WALL STREET WENT INTO PANIC AND PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT STOCKS WERE COMPLETELY WIPED OUT OF MONEY. projectsmrj. pbworks. com Stock market chart

WHEN AND WHY DID IT HAPPEN? • THE GREAT DEPRESSION STARTED IN 1929 AND ENDED IN 1939. • BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 6, 000 APPLE SELLERS THROUGHOUT NEW YORK CITY. • THE GREAT DEPRESSION STARTED WHEN THE STOCK MARKET CRASHED IN 1929 Apple seller during the Great Depression • THE STOCK MARKET CRASH CAUSED BANK FAILURES

HOW DID THE GREAT DEPRESSION AFFECT FARMERS AND SHARECROPPERS? • THE FARMERS STRUGGLED WITH LOW PRICES • DURING THE 1930’S, THE PRICES DROPPED VERY LOW AND MANY FAMILIES LOST THEIR FARMS. • FARMING FAMILIES COULD NOT PAY THEIR RENT Teenagers jumping onto train cars • YOUNG MEN WERE JUMPING ONTO TRAIN CARS TRYING TO FIND ANYWAY TO GET A JOB erroluys. com

HOW DID THE GREAT DEPRESSION AFFECT AFRICAN AMERICANS? • UNEMPLOYMENT ROSE 25% SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION STARTED • THE AMOUNT OF UNEMPLOYMENT FORCED LABOR • COTTON PRICES DROPPED 18 CENTS PER POUND • 12, 000 AFRICAN AMERICAN SHARECROPPERS LOST THEIR AGRICULTURAL TOUCH African American Sharecropper • MECHANICAL COTTON PICKING MACHINES DROVE AFRICAN AMERICANS OUT OF usslave. blogspot. com FARMING.

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