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Impact of Great Depression on Americans

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A large number of banks and businesses failed: Banks do not hold large amounts of cash. Banks ran out of money when too many people wanted to withdraw their savings

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of workers were out of jobs: Unemployment: the number of workers without jobs People could not afford their house payments or apartment rent

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Large numbers of people were hungry and homeless: Some people built shelters out of tents, flattened tin cans, and cardboard boxes Groups of these shelters were called shantytowns Long lines were found at community soup kitchens

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Farmers incomes fell to low levels: Crop prices were so low that some farmers found it cheaper to burn grain than coal Farmers in the Midwest had difficulties with a massive drought known as the dust bowl

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Exit Ticket What do you think had the biggest impact for Americans during the Great Depression? Why? 5 sentences