1. From Prosperity to Panic The U.S. enters the Great Depression

2. The Roaring Twenties end in 1929 America enters the Great Depression

3. REVIEW: 1920s - Imminent Crash! Growing income gap rich   poor Rural / urban divide Overspending (Credit) Risky investments

4. Today’s Note-Taking Focus First, listen and fill in the missing numbers Then, listen again and take notes on each main point. – NOTE: You will not see many words on today’s powerpoint. I will mainly show pictures. Listen for the main ideas.

5. Listen and fill in the missing numbers.

6. Listen and take notes on the main ideas under each statistic.

7. Stock Market Crash!

8. Banks Failed

9. Unemployment

10. Breadlines

11. Hoovervilles

12. Homeless Men Wandered

14. Suicide Increased

15. Farms were foreclosed & repossessed. (Farmers couldn’t pay their mortgages.)

16. Dust Bowl

17. “Black Blizzards”

18. Migrants (“Okies”)

20. Review

21. What happened in 1929 if your bank failed? A.You had to wait to get your money back. B.The government would pay you back. C.You lost all of the money you had in the bank. D.The insurance company would pay you back

22. What is a mortgage? A.A bank loan for land or a house. B.A farm. C.A migrant worker. D.Another word for a “Hooverville.”

23. Where was the “Dust Bowl”? A.California B.The South C.The Southern Great Plains D.The Midwest

25. Who were “Okies?” A.All people from Oklahoma B.Women whose husbands left them C.Homeless men who left cities to find work D.Dispossessed farmers who moved west

26. Who were “Okies?” A.People from Oklahoma. B.Women whose husbands left them C.Homeless men who left cities to find work D.Dispossessed farmers who moved west

27. NEXT LECTURE: The government takes action!