In the lesson, you read about the causes of the Great Depression and how the U. S. government reacted to it. You also saw how Americans were affected by these hard times. Write three paragraphs explaining the causes and effects of the Great Depression and reflecting on the experience of those who lived during this time.

Your well-developed response should thoroughly address each of the following in one paragraph:

the causes of the Great Depression and how people were affected by it
the response by the Hoover administration to the distress
As you write your third paragraph, look at the photograph shown on this screen. It was taken by Dorothea Lange of two families on the side of a highway in Bakersfield, California in 1935.