How did the depression create shantytowns soup kitches and bread lines?

- The Great Depression caused massive unemployment, and many people lost their homes as they could not afford to pay rent or mortgages.

- Destitute families moved into shacks built from scrap material such as cardboard, metal sheets or wood in shantytowns that grew outside many American cities such as St Louis or New York.

Soup kitchens

- As millions lost their jobs during the Great Depression, Soup kitchens provided free meals with food that had been donated by individuals, religious charities groups or sometimes the government

- They became a critical support network for homeless Americans. People, often men, waiting patiently, standing inline to have a simple warm food.

Breadlines

- Another survival mechanism during economic downturn are the 'breadlines '. Thousands queued every day to gain their ration of food that helped prevent starvation. Some cities, such as New York , had several kilometres, long rows of hungry men waiting for an emergency food handout.