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Politics in the Great Depression

Politics in the Great Depression. “The only thing we have to fear…is fear itself.” -F.D.R. By: Gabriella DeRiu, Jenna Dube, and Austin Gillis. Remember what happened two weeks ago?. Government shut down because Politicians couldn’t agree Depression began when Politicians make bad choices .

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Politics in the Great Depression

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  1. Politics in the Great Depression “The only thing we have to fear…is fear itself.” -F.D.R. By: Gabriella DeRiu, Jenna Dube, and Austin Gillis

  2. Remember what happened two weeks ago? • Government shut down because Politicians couldn’t agree • Depression began when Politicians make bad choices

  3. 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

  4. 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 grovesapush.edublogs.org

  5. Politics helped and hurt people and America during the Great Depression. ft5p3.wikispaces.com http://depts.washington.edu/depress/ Roosevelt helped it; Hoover hurt it.

  6. Guiding Questions • Major Issues: • homelessness • unemployment • stock market crash • Our Leader(s): • F.D.R. • Maybe Hoover(he was a leader; a bad one) blogs.cas.suffolk.edu

  7. 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 newdealleaders.org

  8. Citations • "The 1930s Government, Politics, and Law: Overview." UXL American Decades. Ed. Julie L. Carnagie, Et Al. Vol. 4: 1930-1939. Detroit: UXL, 2003. 70-71. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 10 Oct. 2013. • Breitzer, Susan Roth. "Great Depression in the United States." The Thirties in America. Ed. Thomas Tandy Lewis. 3 Vols. Salem Press, 2011. Salem History Web. 10 Oct. 2013. • Glassman, Bruce. "Introduction Panic." The Crash of '29 and the New Deal. Morristown, NJ: Silver Burdett, 1986. N. pag. Print. • Mitchener, Kris James. "Great Depression." World Book Student. World Book, 2013. Web. 10 Oct. 2013.The form of this article is a database. • Rung, Margaret C. "New Deal." World Book Student. World Book, 2013. Web. 21 Oct. 2013. • 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.

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