The Great Depression

By Rachel

The Roaring Twenties★ The Great Gatsby★ The Jazz Age★ Flappers★ Prohibition★ National wealth

doubled between 1920 - 1929

Black TuesdayOctober 24, 1929

The Great Depression (1929 to 1939)

★ Worst economic downturn in U.S. history

★ Wiped out millions of investors★ Consumer spending stopped★ By 1930, 4 million people out of

work★ By 1931, 6 million people were

out of work

Mass Unemployment

★ Unemployment was at 25%

★ 15 million people out of work (20% of the working population)

Breadlines

Families

Men couldn’t feed their familiesSome families lost everything

The Great Dust Bowl

To make things worse, a great dust storm caused crops to fail

Franklin D. Roosevelt

★ “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

★ Ended prohibition ★ Created the New Deal

to get people to work★ Created Social

Security