Great Depression eBook Teacher

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The Great Depression

By Janet Giel-Romo, Ed.D.

Herbert Hoover was the president of the United States when the Great Depression started.

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The Great Depression started when the stock market crashed. People lost a lot of money! That day is called Black Tuesday. It happened on October 29, 1929.

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A lot of people were poor during the Great Depression. They did not have enough money to pay their bills.

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People quit buying things. The stores quit buying things from factories. Many stores and factories closed. They went out of business.

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The workers lost their jobs. Workers were unemployed. People were worried. People were poor.

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Many unemployed workers did not have a place to live. They had to live in shanties. Shanties were houses made of cardboard and junk.

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Some unemployed workers were called hobos. They jumped on trains without paying. They left town to find work.

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Many unemployed workers were poor and hungry. They got free food from soup kitchens.

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The Depression ended when World War ll started. Factories started to make tanks and supplies for the war. The factories hired workers. People had jobs again.

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