Doe-Simkins Links #2: The Great Depression

The Great Depression Links For Doe-Simkins

1. Name some ways the Great Depression impacted Minnesota.

Minnesota Historical Society

First-Hand Account (YouTube Video)

Letters Between A MN Couple Living Through The Great Depression

Minnesota Public Radio Broadcast Involving Great Depression Issues

2. How did lifestyles change for women during the 1920s and 1930s?

Assumptions Of The Great Depression

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Women During The Great Depression

The Invisible Women Of The Great Depression

3. What problems did farmers face during this period?

U.S. Farmers During Great Depression

The Great Depression Hits Farms & Cities

Farming In The 1930s

The Farming Problem

A Glut of Misery

4. What did private organizations and the government do to relieve the problems of the Great Depression?

The Bonus Army

Government Response

Hoover's Response

The New Deal

New Deal #2

Church Charitable Giving

Non-Governmental Aid

History of Depression Relief Aid

5. Minnesota's Gangster Era

Minnesota Monthly

St. Paul Gangster Kidnapping Turns 80

St. Paul's Gangster Era

Minnesota Gangster History

Gangsters Left A Mark In Minnesota

St. Paul's Gangster History

A Haven For Hoodlums