  25% unemployment ◦ 50% for African-Americans  Franklin Delano Roosevelt (D) elected in 1933  Begins New Deal ◦ Changes role of government ◦ Before, government believed its job was to support business ◦ After, government took an active role in the welfare (health) of its people  Social Security  Unemployment  Later: medicaid, free reduced lunch

Using data from the chart, answer the following in complete sentences:  What causes unemployment?  How could federal spending help? YearGDP in billions Unemployment rate Federal Spending in billions 1929$ %$ $ %$ $ %$ $ %$ $ %$4.6

1. What kinds of materials are the Hoovervilles made of? 2. If you lived in a Hooverville, what might you do to improve your life? 3. If you lived in a Hooverville, what might you do to improve safety and order in the Hooverville?

1. What is ironic about this photograph? What two things are not alike? 2. What point of view is the photographer attempting to communicate ? 3. Why do you think African Americans suffered the highest unemployme nt rate, of 50%, during the Great Depression? African Americans waiting in a soup line for food

1. All of these men are applying for one job. What does this picture tell you about the number of jobs available? 2. As an employer, how might having large amounts of unemployed people help you? 3. As an employer, what traits would you look for in a possible employee?

 How did people try to survive?  Do these scenes remind you of anything today?

 How was agriculture affected by the dust bowl?  What caused the dust bowl?

1. Millions of Americans picked up and left their farms for the west coast. They flooded California for farm jobs. There were few jobs, but thousands willing to work. What advantage did this provide for the farmers in California? 2. How do you think communities and police reacted to the flood of jobless and homeless families entering their towns? Why do you think so? 3. What kinds of risks do you think the over 4 million migrants faced?

1. What advantage did a sit down strike provide for strikers, as opposed to picketing? 2. What additional dangers did strikers encounter during the great depression, as opposed to times of prosperity? A sit down strike in Flint, Michigan. The United Auto Workers (UAW) union discovered that GM was going to move operations to less unionized areas in order to pay workers less.

1. Did suicides climb or decline during the depression? What factors may have motivated this? 2. What factors do you think influenced the divorce and fertility rates? 3. How would you summarize the depression’s impact on families? YEARFERTILITY RATE YEAR SUICIDE RATE by 100,000 people

Who are you?What are you writing?  Pick and answer two of the questions as one of the following: ◦ Man or Woman ◦ White, Black, or Latino ◦ Working Class: Farmer, Laborer, small business ◦ Upper Class: Owner, banker  You should sound like you live there! 1. How have you, and your family been affected by the depression? 2. What is the role of government in the lives of people? What should it do or not do? 3. How has the depression increased tension between different races and social classes?