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1 Do Now Based on the photos from yesterday, what do you think the problems of the Great Depression were?

2 Problems of the Great Depression
Bank failures Banks didn’t secure their money or loans Too many people tried to withdrawal their money No money in bank Banks closed and people lost all $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Unemployment With no $$$$ people stopped buying goods Companies fired workers because didn’t need to produce as much Homelessness/home loss No job  no money  can’t pay bills Living in the streets Begging for food Bad farm land (Dust Bowl/drought) Over production of land (made too much during WWI) No rain + lots of wind = no growing of crops

3 Activity Dust Bowl Documents You have 5 Dust Bowl documents
Read each and answer the corresponding questions Whatever you don’t finish will be HW The documents are on the class website You will NOT be able to take the documents home Use your time wisely


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