Describe the Dust Ball; what caused it?
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Describe how The Great Depression affected the (a)children, (b)families, (c)women, (d)men and (e)people of colors.
-Children were malnourished because they did not have enough to eat and were getting sick because of lack of health care. Some kids could not go to school because many schools shut down, and most of the kids needed to work.
-Families struggled to make ends meet.
-Women had to work hard for their family, even though they were payed less.
-Men felt useless because they could not support their family. Some left home to be hoboes.
-People of colors dealt with increasing racism from whites that were competing for the same jobs.
Who were "hoboes" and how did they travel?
-They were unemployed men traveling through hitching on railroad boxcars who were looking for jobs.
What was an enduring effect on people because of The Great Depression?
- People learned how to save because they did not want to be poor ever again.
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