Ch.
22
Sect.
3
Social
Effects
Of
The
Depression
Objectives:
1.  Describe
the
spread
of
poverty
during
the
Great
Depression.
2.  Identify
Dorothea
Lange.
3.  De?ine
the
social
problems
caused
by
poverty
in
the
1930s
and
explain
how
people
struggled
to
survive.
Main
Idea:
Most
people
were
not
immediately
affected
by
the
1929
stock
market
crash.
But
by
the
early
1930s,
wage
cuts
and
growing
unemployment
brought
widespread
suffering
and
discrimination.
Poverty
Spreads
  In
1931
and
1932,
hard
times
hit
all
levels
of
American
society
(Brother
can
you
spare
a
dime?).
  This
trend
will
hit
all
levels
of
society:
your
bank
closes,
losing
your
money,
your
parents
lose
their
jobs,
you
can’t
pay
your
rent
and
come
home
one
day
to
your
furniture
on
the
sidewalk….you’ve
been
evicted.
  Homeless
people
in
cities
began
building
shacks
on
the
edge
of
town
called
Hoovervilles,
mocking
the
U.S.
president.
Seattle
Hooverville
(Largest
In
The
US)
Hooverville
Nipomo,
California
Photo
by
Dorothea
Lange
The
Dust
Bowl
  Farmers
were
hit
hard
by
low
crop
prices
and
to
protest
they
dumped
thousands
of
gallons
of
milk
and
destroyed
other
crops.
  This
shocked
a
hungry
nation.
Farmers
in
the
Great
Plain
were
hit
with
a
huge
drought
during
the
1930s
called
the
Dust
Bowl.
  Oklahoma
saw
440,000
people
and
Kansas
saw
300,000
leave
their
farms
during
the
Dust
Bowl.
“Drive
Faster,
It’s
gaining!”
California
Or
Bust
Health
Concerns
  The
hard
times
led
to
both
mental
and
physical
health
problems.
  Poor
diets
and
inadequate
medical
care
will
lead
to
long‐
term
health
problems,
especially
in
children.
  Men
will
feel
like
failures
after
being
?ired
and
forcing
their
wives
and
children
to
?ind
work
(many
will
commit
suicide).
  Women
will
worry
about
feeding
their
hungry
children
and
those
who
worked
will
be
accused
of
taking
jobs
away
from
men.
  Families
will
live
together
in
small
houses
or
apartments
and
the
divorce
rate
will
drop
because
they
could
not
afford
separate
lives.
Discrimination
Increases
  Discrimination
will
increase
during
the
depression.
  Government
relief
programs
discriminated
against
African
Americans.
  African
American
churches
aided
their
communities
(Father
Divine
‐
Harlem
soup
kitchens).
  African
American
civil
rights
were
denied
(education,
voting,
and
health
care).
  In
the
South,
lynchings
increased
and
whites
without
jobs
wanted
African
Americans
to
give
up
their
jobs
for
them.
  Thousands
of
Hispanic
and
Asian
Americans
will
not
only
lose
their
jobs
but
their
country
being
deported‐
even
those
born
in
America.
Relief
Line
Louisville,
Kentucky
Anyone
Want
To
Wait
In
This
Line?