Dust Bowl and Depression

Dust Bowl and Depression

Examine the Cause and Effect of the Dust Bowl. Examine the Causes of the Great Depression. Explain the effect of the Great Depression.

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What are some things you know about the dust bowl?

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Based on the previous slide what was the # of unemployed in 1925

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What was the number of unemployed in 1932? based on the previous slide

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What was the price of wheat in 1925 and then again in 1932? what might be an explanation for that drop?

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Based on the previous slide in what year was the stock market at its peak? what might be an explanation for its crash?

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What might be an explanation for the dramatic rise in bank suspensions by 1933?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the great depression

• The equalizing of Wealth between the rich and the poor

• Tariffs that caused a drop in global trade

• A lack of government response

• consumers buying too many goods on credit

Multiple Choice

What were the names of the shanty towns that developed outside of many major cities across the U.S. during the great depression

• Ghettos

• Hoovervilles

• Tent Cities

• Hippy Communies

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After viewing the video, which dust bowl calamaties do you think would have been the most troublesome (warning the video does show the rabbit hunts)

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According to the video, what impact did the dust bowl have?

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After watching the video what are two things that made life difficult during the depression