2. The Great Depression Hits Farmers as well as the Average Citizen

3. Farmer ’ s Earnings In 1932, farmers made half of what they were making 2 years before They could not pay their loans When they couldn’t pay off their loans, the banks took their property. In 1932, the mid-western states were hit by drought. Bad farming practices and 18 months of little rain had dried out the soil.

4. Many Foreclosed on Their Homes Farm foreclosure sale. (Circa 1933)

5. Farm for Sale

7. Where Did All the Homeless Go? Once homes were lost people had to live in homes made of cardboard, scrap lumber tin tar paper

8. These “ homes ” were called Hoovervilles

9. Hoovervilles- Shantytowns, whole villages of shacks which were called Hoovervilles because many people blamed President Hoover for their troubles.

10. Hoovervilles

11. Inside a Hooverville