APUSH 2_18 New Deal

7/24/2019 APUSH 2_18 New Deal

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Do Now:Complete the

Do Now, turn

in your

homework,and set up

your notes

2/22/2016Depression & the New Deal (1920s and 30s)

Vocabulary:

public works government building projects, like

dams, bridges, parks

bank run when a large number of depositors

attempt to withdraw their funds simultaneouslybecause theyre worried the bank will collapse

Notes


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Announcements


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Fireside Chat

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Scandalous 1920s

Hardings cabinet filled with scandal

Teapot Dome: Harry Sinclair used bribes &

friends in government to get oil from federal

land; caught in 1924


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Scandalous 1920s

1923, Harding dies, Calvin Coolidge becomes

president continues laissez faire policies

Prohibition era: illegal production of alcohol;

government poisons alcohol


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Causes of Depression

Agricultural overproduction during 1920s

Speculation Stock market crash (1929)

Falling demand Overproduction

Bank runs & failures


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Hoovers response

Election of 1928 Herbert Hoover (Republican)

wins

After 1929 crash, Hoovers dilemma: should the

government give Americans relief or requirethem to help themselves?


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Hoovers response

Reconstruction Finance Corporation (1932):

made government loans to businesses, banks

Hoover mocked for lack of success homeless

built shantytowns called Hoovervilles


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Check for Understanding

Think, then jot down an answer on the back

of your Do Now

Why was Hoover elected in 1928?

Why was Hoover unpopular by 1932?


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FDRs Response

1932, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Democrat)

elected

Bank runs in 1933 FDR declares a bank holiday

FDR inspired confidence through fireside chats,working quickly (first 100 days)

Presided over largest reform in American history


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First New Deal

Saved capitalism through socialistic reforms

New government programs to create jobs, help

unemployed & farmers, & fix banking system


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Dust Bowl

Late 1933, drought struck Great Plains, followed

by winds

Misuse & overuse of soil huge dust storms,

thousands of acres destroyed Thousands of Okies moved West to California


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Chronology

A. _____ Stock Market Crash

B._____ Hoovers Election

C._____ Roosevelts ElectionD. _____ Dust Bowl

E. _____ Hoovervilles constructed

F. _____ Teapot Dome ScandalG. _____ Creation of Reconstruction

Finance Corporation

H. Bank runs

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