Dust BowlGreat Depression

Out of the Dust

and

Bud, Not Buddy

Dust Storms

Selling the Farm

Migrating

Living in Camps

Christmas Dinner

Soup Lines

Hobos

Shany Townsand Hooverville

“HOOVERVILLE” shanty towns named after the President

Unemployment

http://www.shambhala.org/business/goldocean/causdep.html

Bank Failures and $

• 1932—– 10,000 banks have failed since 1929– About $2 billion in deposits have been lost

since 1929 – Over 13 million Americans have lost their jobs

since 1929. – Farm prices have fallen 53 percent since

1929 – http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/Timeline.htm

Bibliogrphy

• http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/

• http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/Timeline.htm

• http://www.shambhala.org/business/goldocean/causdep.html