BELLWORK1. What are “Hoovervilles?” 2. Describe the stock market crash. 3. How did the stock market crash

effect all Americans? (List 4 factors!)4. Why did America’s economic

problems create a global crisis?5. What was the Dust Bowl?6. THINKER: In a time of financial crisis,

do you think it is the government’s role to fix economic/business problems? Why or why not?

Unpopularity Grows - Jigsaw

As you know, Hoover’s popularity as President was decreasing just as fast as the economy.

There were a few key events and policies started by Hoover that made his unpopularity grow.

In groups of 3, each person is going to read a different section from the textbook.

As you read independently, you are going to summarize the TWO most important things in your notes.

Once everyone in your group is finished, you will come back together and share what you learned.

Unpopularity Grows - Jigsaw

In your groups number off 1-3.

1. “Hoover’s Response” and “Initial Reaction” pgs. 422-423

2. “The Depression Deepens” & “Too Little Too Late” pgs. 424-425

3. “Mounting Protests” pgs. 426-427.

Unpopularity Grows In 1930, Republicans lost control of

the House and Senate. Hawley-Smoot Tariff: highest

import tax in history. Designed to protect U.S. products from Foreign competition

Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC): stabilize large banks and corporations with government aide.

Rejected direct federal relief and funding.

Hoover’s Main Downfall In 1932, 20,000 jobless WWI veterans

protested in Washington, D.C. Called themselves the Bonus Army Demanded immediate payment of a

pension bonus that was promised. Things got violent so General Douglas

MacArthur used guns, tanks, and tear gas to fight off the protestors.

Hoover took responsibility for MacArthur’s actions

THE ELECTION OF 1932

President Herbert Hoover

Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt

VS

CampaigningHERBERT HOOVER FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT

“Brother Can you Spare a Dime?”

Once I built a railroad I made it run Made it race against

time.Once I built a railroadNow it’s doneBrother, Can you Spare a Dime?

“Happy Days are here Again!”

Happy days are here again,The skies above are clear againLet us sing a song of cheer again –Happy days are here again.

Ideas on Government

HERBERT HOOVER FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT

Minimal government action

“The key to recovery was confidence”

State and local governments should handle relief

Start with prosperity at the top => foster economic growth

Expand government roles

Federal government should handle relief

Unemployment commission and relief administration

Startled by uneven prosperity => help the lower classes first

“This Campaign is more than a contest between two men. . . . It is a contest between two philosophies of government.”

-President Hoover, 1932

Electoral Votes

Roosevelt: 472

Hoover: 59

Hoover won six states, and FDR won by a huge margin of 7 million

popular votes.

CLOSURE Turn to your neighbor and explain

to them: The policies of President Hoover

and FDR What was the Bonus Army? How do the conditions of the

1932 election relate to our economic problems today?

Letter to the President You are now going to write a letter to either

President Hoover or Governor Roosevelt. It must be ½ of a page and written from the

1930’s perspective of one of the following roles:• Farmer during the Dust Bowl• Ford after shutting down his Detroit factories• Unemployed person living in a “Hooverville”• Bonus Army Veteran

In your letter, you must address the following: • your character’s problem with the

government/economy• Their personal feelings towards the President• What they feel the President should do to change

their condition• Use key concepts from the election: campaigning

tactics, government intervention, depression relief, RFC, etc.

Dear Governor Roosevelt, I’m sure you’ve heard, but I recently had to shut down my

Detroit factories. Just ten years ago they were my most profitable and consistent factories, but after the Great Crash, I was forced to lay off 75,000 employees. This fundamentally goes against everything I fought to improve in business, like higher wages and better working conditions. I am just sick with regret, but there is nothing I can do now – everyone is feeling the side effects of the Depression. At one point in time, I was President Hoover’s biggest supporter, but now, he seems to be making the conditions worse. He had good intentions with the implementation of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff, but it backfired and only made things worse. I am writing to you for help. I need to get my business going again. I know you support funding to the lower classes in society to foster economic growth. Although this would negatively effect me, I know it would help all the starving and unemployed families throughout the country. I would support anything that would get the economy back on track. I just wanted to write to you and wish you luck in the election and with the future of our country. Sincerely,

Henry Ford