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Do Now: Using the information from the
Living Conditions
During the Great
Depression
Photo Analysis complete the Venn Diagram
The Cities
• Many people lost their
jobs
• Became homeless and
lived in Hoovervilles,
cars, and parks
• Sent children to live
with relatives in the
country
• Relied on Charity
-
Breadlines
- Soup Kitchens
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RURAL LIFE
• Could grow their own
food to feed family
• ½ million farmers lost
their homes and
farmland
• Some became migrant
workers who traveled
around looking for work
• Some farmers protested
by refusing to sell crops
– Farm Holidays
Just when you thought it couldn’t get worst!!!
THE DUST BOWL
• Severe drought
in the Great
Plains
• Over Farming
weakened the
soil
• Resulted in
Dust Storms
Kansas Farmer, 1933
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Migrant Farmers and Okies
• Many farmers
migrated west and
became migrant
workers
• Nicknamed Okies
• Hobos= poor drifters
HOBOS TRAVEL AMERICA
300,000 hobos
hitched rides
around the
country on trains
(thousands were
teenagers)
Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lange
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