1930's

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Natural and Man Made Disaster

Drought

The drought started in 1928 when there was significantly less rainfall than usual. By 1931 vast areas of farmland had been hit by drought, dust and higher temperatures. This cuased farmers to have no source of income and many abandoned their farms,

Dust storms

Dust storms were partially a result of the drought. The wind would pick up the dust and blow it all over and it cover everything. Once the winds died down the locust came along

Locust

In the depression Locust infestation was a big problem. The locust came through and ate everything. This caused the farmers to have no crops which meant that they had no source of income. This contributed greatly to the dpression.

Farmers

Wheat inflation

Before the 30s the wheat prices had gone up a lot. Along with the wheat inflation other countries placed tarrifs on grain imports to protect their farmers.

Pumping Underground water during Drought

As a result of the drought the farmers pumped water from the water reserves in the ground. This system was called the Ogallala Aquifer.

Bumper crop of wheat

In 1929 there was a bumper crop of wheat. It was so bad that the farmers had to burn some of it. This contributed to the inflation of wheat and the tarrifs.

Social

People and Government relief

The Government relief was not very good. The one cartoon showed a guy in a suit putting a drip of relief in the famillies bowl. The welfare back then was like a ticket that you would take to the groccery store and cash it in for some potatoes or turnips or other foods like that but you couldn't buy things like clothes.

People Survivng During the Depression

During the depression people were trying any way they could to survive. There was on man who was the only one who had a house in that subdivition and every night he would bring home two pieces of the sidewalk to burn in their fire place so that they could keep warm. Another person's husband died from carrying coal for people to burn. There was someone who would buy 12 bus tickets and use a razor blade to split them and would have 24 tickets. There were also people who would rafle their paycheck. Many people did many things like that.

Relief Camps

The relief camps were Government funded camps that provided single men with 20 cents a day, clothes, and food. It was run by the military so it was very harsh, the food was bad and the work was hard. The men did road construction and maintenance and other stuff like that.

Political

How The Government responded

King wanted to let the people figure things out on their own but Bennet said that the relief was not a federal issue but provincail and federal. Bennett got credit for a lot of dumb inventions like the Bennett Buggy which was a car with no motor being towed by a horse or the Bennet Blanket which was newspaper.

Japan and Military Dictatorship

In Japan their leader stepped down from power and the military took over. It was a very bad situation. They were essentially a military dictatorship by the 1930s.

Fascist Leaders

The Fascist leaders gave easy solutions to large issues, promised food on the table and jobs, promised to protect from the other, and to restore a nations lost glory. Germany, Spain, and Italy had Fascist leaders. Germany had Hitler, Spain had Franco, and Italy had Mussolini.

Independance of Canada

Canada Declares War on Germany

When Canada declared war on Germany it was a big step towards its independence. This was because Canada did not automatically go to war when Britain did. Canada waited. They held a vote and 7 days after Britain Canada declared war on Germany.

The Satute of Westminster

The Statute of Westminster was a British law that passed on December 11 1931. This was the all but achievment of independence for Canada. This law also gave Canada and the other Commonwealth dominions legislative equality with Britain.

Economic

Inflation

The value of money drop durastically. People were using it to start fires, kids were playing with it, people were even putting it on their walls. This was a result of the stock market crashing.

Labor unrest

During this time there was a lot of problems regarding labor. People were losing their jobs, getting pay cuts, working conditions weren't fair. There was a lot of issues like that.

Stock Market crash

The crash of the stock market is believed to be the most immediate cause of the depression. people had been investing in the stocks right to the crash because people were being led to believe that it was secure or sound. On Oct 4 1929 the Toronto stock exchange lost $200 million in value. On the 24th 400 000 shares were traded on the Montreal stock exchange. On a normal day 25 000 shares sell. On the same day in New York 12 million shares were sold. On the 28 the value of shares fell $1 million a minuite on the Toronto stock exchange. The next day was Black Tuesday when the prices of stocks everywhere continued to drop.