Great Depression

Depression:

I. Intro
A. Origins:
(Hawley-Smoot Tariff)
B. Impact of the Depression:
1)morally
2)economically
3)emotionally

II. So What Did it do to people?:
A) Work:
B) Savings:
C) Housing:
D) Eating:

III. How People dealt with it:

A. BY MAKING FEWER PEOPLE:
B. BY HELPING OUT:
C. BY MOVING:
1. . Okies:
2. African-American migration
3. Mexican
D. PSYCHOLOGICALLY:
1. Suicide:
2. nervous breakdowns:
3. by blaming themselves
4. by blaming others:
a) Hoover and other politicians:
b) business interests:
c) women:
d) Mexican-Americans:
e) blacks:
1) poverty leads to discrimination:
2) discrimination leads to poverty:

IV. No Single Great Depression Experience:
1. very wealthy
2. Pre-Depression Poor:
3. Middle-class/young middle class:


V. Why Important?