Alan Brinkley, American History 15/e Chapter 23: The Great Depression Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.

Highlights The Coming of the Great Depression The American People in Hard Times The Depression and American Culture The Unhappy Presidency of Herbert Hoover Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.

The Coming of the Great Depression The Great Crash Stock Market Boom “Black Tuesday” Wall Street (Licensed for Use) Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.

The Coming of the Great Depression Causes of the Depression Lack of Diversification Maldistribution of Wealth Declining Exports Unstable International Debt Structure Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.

The Coming of the Great Depression Progress of the Depression Banking Collapse Severe Contraction The unemployed, 1930 (Library of Congress) Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.

The American People in Hard Times Unemployment and Relief Belief in Personal Responsibility “Dust Bowl” “Okies” A dust storm (CORBIS/Royalty Free) Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.

The American People in Hard Times African Americans and the Depression African American Suffering Scottsboro Case NAACP’s Changing Role Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.

The American People in Hard Times Mexican Americans in Depression America Discrimination against Hispanics Asian Americans in Hard Times Japanese American Citizens League Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.

The American People in Hard Times Women and the Workplace in the Great Depression Popular Disapproval of Women’s Employment Increased Female Employment Depression Families Retreat from Consumerism Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.

The American People in Hard Times WOMEN IN THE PAID WORKFORCE, 1900–1940 Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.

The Depression and American Culture Depression Values Persistence of the “Success Ethic” Self-Blame Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.

The Depression and American Culture Artists and Intellectuals in the Great Depression “Discovery” of Rural Poverty Depression Literature Farm family in Indiana (Microsoft Encarta) Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.

The Depression and American Culture Radio Escapist Programming Radio’s Impact Depression-era radio (Library of Congress) Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.

The Depression and American Culture Movies in the New Era Continuing Popularity of Movies Walt Disney Popular Literature and Journalism Life Magazine Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.

The Depression and American Culture The Popular Front and the Left Spanish Civil War Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union The Left’s Newfound Respectability The Grapes of Wrath Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.

The Unhappy Presidency of Herbert Hoover The Hoover Program Failure of Voluntarism Agricultural Marketing Act Hoover’s Declining Popularity Reconstruction Finance Corporation Herbert Hoover (Library of Congress) Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.

The Unhappy Presidency of Herbert Hoover Popular Protest Farmers’ Holiday Association Demise of the Bonus Army Hooverville; Portland, Oregon (Library of Congress) Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.

The Unhappy Presidency of Herbert Hoover The Election of 1932 FDR Nominated 1932 Election The “Interregnum” Banking Crisis ELECTION OF 1932 Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.

The Unhappy Presidency of Herbert Hoover Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Library of Congress) The Changing of the Guard, The New Yorker (FDR Library) Copyright © 2015 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.