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= = = Great Depression = BHS Library

**BHS Online Databases** (To access outside of the library, see librarian for passwords.)

 * [|World Book Encyclopedia]
 * [|History Resource Center: US]
 * [|Student Resource Center Bronze]

Selected Websites

 * Timeline of The Great Depression 1929-1940 This site is a great beginning place to start your journey researching and learning about the Great Depression. It gives important dates and facts pertaining to this time. Topics include, The Great Depression, The New Deal, railroads, economics and the homeless.
 * [|The Dust Bowl]
 * [|Dear Mrs. Roosevelt] - "During the Great Depression, thousands of young people wrote to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt for help. They asked for clothing, money, and other forms of assistance". Read their stories here.
 * [|Riding The Rails] Companion to PBS's "American Experience" program of the same name discusses the Great Depression phenomenon where more than 250,000 teenagers became hobos, living on the rails. Includes a Depression time line, a map of the routes, and a great section titled "Tales from the Rails".
 * [|In Search Of The American Hobo]
 * [|Documenting America]In the early years, the project emphasized rural life and the negative impact of the **Great** **Depression**, farm mechanization, and the Dust Bowl.
 * [|Great Depression - Hooverville]
 * [|Photographs of the Great Depression] Compilation of photos from the **Great** **Depression**, including photos of dust storms, farm foreclosures, migrant workers, women and children, unemployed people.
 * Songs of the Great DepressionLyrics to 3 famous songs of the Great Depression.
 * PBS-JAZZ A Film By Ken Burns: Jazz in Time- The Great DepressionSwing In the mid-1930s, as the **Great** **Depression** stubbornly refused to lift, **jazz** came as close as it has ever come to being America's popular **music**. **.**
 * Crashing Hopes: The Great DepressionThis site gives a brief description of causes of the Great Depression as well as discusses the conditions that many of the people had to endure. The hardships are documented with photographs.
 * The New Deal The New Deal Network, an educational guide to the Great Depression of the 1930s. This site has a link to documents covering the The Great Depression, as well as, a link to the New Deal. Use this link to gain a better understanding of legislation defining the New Deal.
 * [|The Great Depression]America from the **Great Depression** to World War II : Photographs from the Farm Security Administration and the Office of War Information.
 * **[|America In The 1930s]--A fascinating site about America lifestyle and culture of the 1930s. Visit the "1930s Timeline" for an overview (be sure to scroll all the way a cross the page). As you click on each year, you will discover important events in politics, science, culture, and world events. Explore the other sections for in-depth information on the life and times during the 1930s.**
 * **[|Hooverville]**
 * **[|Great Depression - Hooverville]**

**Wall Street Crash**

 * [|The Crash Of 1929] Explanation of the 1929 stock market crash with reference to the devaluation of the Dow-Jones industrial average on October 19 1987.
 * [|Wall Street Crash]The Crash of **1929** · America's Economy **1929** to 1933 · Wall Street and the **1929** Crash.
 * [|The First Measured Century: Timeline: Events - **Stock Market Crash**]Brief summary of what made the stock market crash in 1929.
 * [|The Wall Street Crash]

[|The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum] [|America's Great Depression on the Web] - Hotlist of links. [|Great Depression] - Teacher resources from the Library of Congress.

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