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• (R) Herbert Hoover– Food Administration WWI
– Secretary of Commerce
• (D) Al Smith (corner)
– Governor of New York
– 1st Irish Catholic to run for White House
• Advantage?– Republican prosperity
in the 1920s ensure easy victory for Hoover
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Causes of the Depression
Fewer goods are sold.
Demanddrops.
In order to stay in businesscompanies cut
wages
People lose theirconfidence &
start saving their money
Demanddrops even
further.
Companies are forced to cut costs
by laying people off
Even more peopleLose their confidenceAnd spend less money
People lose their jobs.
The Spiral Of
Depression
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Stock Market Crash of 1929
• The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted on October 29, 1929.
• $14 billion was lost in one day.
• Stock Market will not recover for decades.
• Unofficial start of the Great Depression.
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Great Depression in the Cities
• In cities across the country people:– lost their jobs– Were evicted from
their houses– Ended up living on the
street.
• Shantytowns, soup kitchens and bread lines appeared
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People waiting in line for bread and soup and also living out of their car.
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• Farmers in the Midwest had over farmed the soil.
• Drought conditions led to 100 of acres of soil being “blown away.”
• These ‘black blizzards’ lasted from 1933 to 1939.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2CiDaUYr90
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• WW I vets marched on Washington DC.
• Demanded the bonus that was due in 1945 be paid presently.
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Bonus Army in DC…
• Congress refused their demands.• Gen. MacArthur broke up the
marchers and had their shanty town burned to the ground.
• Public relations disaster for President Hoover.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWvCCxOUsM8
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HooverFDR
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What were we thinking?What were we thinking?
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Key Quotes: FDR’s Inauguration Speech
This Nation asks for action, and action now. Our
greatest primary task is to put people to work. I shall
ask Congress for broad executive power to wage
was against the emergency.
Link to:•Text of Speech
•Video
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• Series of radio addresses by FDR
• 30 total between 1933 to 1944
• FDR used these to calm American people down.
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FDR and the New Deal
• During the presidential campaign of 1932, FDR promised Americans a NEW DEAL.
• This would be his program to get America back on its feet.
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1. Relief Help people right away
2. Recovery Get the US out of the
Depression
3. Reform Make sure another
depression does not happen
Goals of New Deal Program
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New Deal: Relief• Federal Emergency Relief
Association (FERA)• Civil Works Administration
(CWA)• Public Works Administration
(PWA)• Civilian Conservation Corps
(CCC)• Farm Credit Association (FCA)• Homeowners Loan Corporation
(HOLC)
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New Deal: Recovery• Works Progress
Administration (WPA)• National Recovery
Administration (NRA)• Agricultural Adjustment
Act (AAA)• National Youth
Administration (NYA)• Federal Housing Act
(FHA)
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New Deal: Reform• Federal Deposit
Insurance Company (FDIC)
• Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
• Wagner Act (NLRB)• Tennessee Valley
Authority (TVA)• Social Security
http://www.schooltube.com/video/53b82b6006d4f55a8ee2/ (overall programs)
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Reversing the Spiral of Depression
Government Spending $
Alphabet Agencies
More Jobs
More Spending
Demand for goods increases
More goods have to be produced
More people withJobs = more pay $
More Spending
Demand for goods increases
More goods have to be produced
More Jobs
More Pay = More Taxes
Cycle of
Prosperity!
Democrats called this Process
‘Pump Priming’
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FDR and the Supreme Court
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Court Packing….• The Supreme Court struck
down several New Deal laws as unconstitutional.
• FDR wanted to increase the size of the court from 9 to 15.– Would appoint justices who
were pro-New Deal
• Congress did not agree with FDR.
• This hurt FDR’s image.
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Huey Long• FDR was NOT doing
enough for the poor.• Long pushed his “Share
Our Wealth” program.• Take all income over
$1,000,000 to give:– House– Car– Annual Salary– For all Americans
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Dr. Francis Townshend
• FDR was NOT doing enough for old people.
• Proposed a $200 a month pension to everyone over 60.
• This was good for (2) reasons:– $$ to boost economy– Open a job up for a
younger American
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Charles Coughlin• FDR had NOT done
enough….
• Fr. Coughlin felt that FDR did not take on the powerful bankers in the United States.
• Used the radio to blast FDR and became known as the “Radio Priest”.
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Liberty League• FDR had gone TOO FAR
with the New Deal.
• Interfering with business and people’s lives.
• Government was taking away freedoms from Americans.
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Social Security Act of 1935
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How is Social Security funded?
Social SecurityTrust Fund
Workers Employers
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Social Security
UnemploymentInsurance
Old AgePension
Dependent Families
+Disabled
http://video.about.com/usgovinfo/What-Is-Social-Security-.htm
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cam41uFRaXY
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuRQH_hLcTw
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• October 30, 1938• Orson Wells performed
HG Wells classic over the radio.– Made Wells famous
• Caused a panic because people thought Martians were invading
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPEn5k55g-o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ6Ipwx86oU (40 mins in)
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• Famous painting entitled “American Gothic”.
• Best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest.
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• Folk singer during the Depression
• His personal and musical styles were deeply influenced by his childhood in rural Oklahoma during the Great Depression years.
• This Land is Your Land – famous song
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Astaire and Rogers turned out to be a perfect match on the dance floor, and audiences flocked to see their dazzling, complex routines in the 10 movie musicals they made together, including The Gay Divorcee (1933), Top Hat (1935), Swing Time (1936) and Shall We Dance? (1937).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oYh1ycMTAs
• Hi Betty! Betty Boop makes her appearance in 1930!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79tIpX8Tnl0 (start at 2:33)
• First Walt Disney Film…..
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB_74i-aHRk
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• Classical novel written by John Steinbeck in 1939.
• Focuses on a poor family of sharecroppers :– Driven from their home by
the drought– They head to California
looking for a better life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WKiuHOAoFY
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What will end the Great Depression?
• America’s entry into World War II
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKAmpET3DS4