The Great Depression
Casandra Maldonado
Summary
1: The Great Depression started in 1929 and ended in 1939.
2: Personal income and unemployment rates decreased.
3: Stock market crahed causing the Great Depression.
4: The Great Depression was the turning point of U.S history.
5: President Hoover was blamed for the Great Depression.
Helping hand
Many victums of the Great Depression couldn`t afford to provide the necessities they need to get by everyday.
Effects of the great deprsion
Families couldn`t afford a home with food and water for their families.
Soup kitchen
Many people went to soup kitchen because they couldn`t afford to eat.
Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover was a key person in the great depression. He was born on August 10, 1874. Throughout the Great Depression, he played a key person because he did whatever he could in order to keep money in people`s pockets. Herbert Hoover was blamed for the cause of the Great Depression.
key events
October 24,1929- Stock market crashes, which states the Great Depression.
August 1933-During the Great Depression, they were hit with a storm called The Dust Bowl.
June 1933- The glass-steagal act was passed.
workcited
"American Experience: TV's Most-watched History Series." PBS. PBS, 1966. Web. 14 Jan. 2014.