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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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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.
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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.