Politics in the Great Depression

BY: GABRIELLA DERIU, JENNA DUBE, AND AUSTIN GILLIS

“The only thing we have to fear…is fear itself.”

-F.D.R.

Remember what happened two weeks ago?

Government shut down because Politicians couldn’t agree

Depression began when Politicians make bad choices

Background-Hoover Hoover’s Presidency-1929-1933 October 28th, 1929-stock market

crashed Hoover raised taxes 1932-unemployment was over 23% 1932-created RFC-made 1 billion

dollars in loans available to businesses

Background-Roosevelt Roosevelt’s Presidency-1933-1945 Promised the New Deal-

government programs to fix unemployment, homelessness, and economy

Second New Deal-1935-1937 Social Security Act of 1935-

main part of Second New Deal

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Politics helped and hurt people and America during the Great Depression.

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Roosevelt helped it; Hoover hurt it.

Guiding QuestionsMajor Issues: homelessness unemployment stock market crashOur Leader(s): F.D.R. Maybe Hoover(he was a leader; a bad

one)

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Guiding Questions (cont.)Seeking to Resolve these

Issues? Hoover raised taxes F.D.R. created the New Deal F.D.R. created the Second New

Deal

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Glassman, Bruce. "Introduction Panic." The Crash of '29 and the New Deal. Morristown, NJ: Silver Burdett, 1986. N. pag. Print.

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Szostak, Rick. "Great Depression." Dictionary of American History. Ed. Stanley I. Kutler. 3rd Ed. Vol. 4. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2003. 44-49. U.S. History In Context. Web. 10 Oct. 2013.