What was Southern life like in the 1930’s? Great Depression Great Depression The New Deal The New Deal Jim Crow Laws of the South Jim Crow Laws of the.

What was Southern life like in What was Southern life like in the 1930’s?the 1930’s?

Great DepressionGreat Depression The New DealThe New Deal Jim Crow Laws of Jim Crow Laws of

the Souththe South

The Great DepressionThe Great Depression

The Great Depression happened as a The Great Depression happened as a result of the stock mark crash on result of the stock mark crash on October 29, 1929.October 29, 1929.

This was also known as “Black This was also known as “Black Tuesday” and was associated with Tuesday” and was associated with the onset of World War II.the onset of World War II.

The Great DepressionThe Great Depression

Jobs were limitedJobs were limited Food and Food and

agriculture were agriculture were scarcescarce

Prices and wages Prices and wages began to declinebegan to decline

People struggled People struggled for basic needs, for basic needs, such as food and such as food and sheltershelter

The Great DepressionThe Great Depression

The Depression left The Depression left millions of millions of Americans jobless, Americans jobless, homeless, and homeless, and penniless.penniless.

Many people relied Many people relied on the government on the government and charity to and charity to provide them food.provide them food.

Government AssistanceGovernment Assistance

The people elected president The people elected president Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932. They Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932. They believed that he could help solve the believed that he could help solve the economic problems of America.economic problems of America.

As a result of the Depression, As a result of the Depression, Roosevelt created a program called Roosevelt created a program called “The New Deal.”“The New Deal.”

The New DealThe New Deal

Developed agencies Developed agencies that assisted with that assisted with unemployment unemployment (WPA CCC, NRA)(WPA CCC, NRA)

Developed the Developed the Social Security Social Security SystemSystem

Government Government became more became more involved with the involved with the peoplepeople

WORLD WAR IIWORLD WAR II

Took place from Took place from 1941-19451941-1945

Began as a result of Began as a result of conflict among conflict among various countries various countries including Japan, including Japan, Spain, and GermanySpain, and Germany

Initiated by German Initiated by German aggression: Hitleraggression: Hitler

World War IIWorld War II

United States United States became involved became involved because of Japan’s because of Japan’s bombing of Pearl bombing of Pearl Harbor on December Harbor on December 7, 19417, 1941

The attacked The attacked destroyed U.S destroyed U.S battleships, killed battleships, killed 2,388 people, and 2,388 people, and injured 1,178 injured 1,178

Jim Crow Laws of the SouthJim Crow Laws of the South

The term dates back The term dates back at least to the at least to the Eighteenth Century; Eighteenth Century; there is no evidence there is no evidence that it refers to an that it refers to an individualindividual

Jim Crow Laws were Jim Crow Laws were developed to developed to separate blacks from separate blacks from whites in public whites in public settings (schools, settings (schools, churches, churches, restaurants, etc)restaurants, etc)

Jim Crow LawsJim Crow LawsSupreme Court Cases Supreme Court Cases

18961896

Plessy v. FergusonPlessy v. Ferguson: : Supreme Court Supreme Court approved approved segregation as long segregation as long as facilities were as facilities were “separate but “separate but equal”equal”

1953-19541953-1954

Brown v. Board of Brown v. Board of EducationEducation

Supreme Court ruled Supreme Court ruled to end segregation to end segregation in schoolsin schools

Sample “jim crow” lawsSample “jim crow” laws

Whites and Blacks Whites and Blacks could not marrycould not marry

Schools for Whites Schools for Whites and Blacks were and Blacks were separateseparate

Whites and Blacks Whites and Blacks could not occupy could not occupy the same housingthe same housing

Sample Jim Crow LawsSample Jim Crow Laws

In court, Blacks In court, Blacks had to swear on had to swear on separate Biblesseparate Bibles

Blacks could not Blacks could not use the same use the same hospitals or the hospitals or the same cemeteries same cemeteries as whitesas whites

What happened when the laws What happened when the laws were broken?were broken?

Blacks were often Blacks were often beaten, tarred, beaten, tarred, burned and even burned and even lynched for breaking lynched for breaking Jim Crow lawsJim Crow laws

During cases of During cases of extreme racial extreme racial tension, black tension, black churches and homes churches and homes were burnedwere burned

Hundreds of brutal Hundreds of brutal attacks increased attacks increased racial tension in the racial tension in the SouthSouth

Making ConnectionsMaking Connections

Do you think the social and economic Do you think the social and economic issues of the 1930’s still exit today? issues of the 1930’s still exit today? Why or why not? Give specific Why or why not? Give specific examples.examples.