1. Chapter 22 Sec. 4 Surviving the Great Depression

2. Americans Pull Together Tenant groups formed to protest rent increases Farm communities agreed to keep bids low when foreclosed farms were auctioned – returned to owner Seeking Political Solutions  Communist Party had about 14,000 members  1932 Communist Party Candidate received 100,000 votes  1932 Socialist Party Candidate received 881,951 votes or 2.2% of total vote  Students, workers, writers, artists, and professionals all worked together

3. Depression Humor  Jokes and cartoons kept people laughing through their troubles Hoovervilles – collection of shelters Hoover blankets – old newspapers Hoover flags – empty pockets turned inside out

4. Signs of Change Came to an end with the USA entry into World War II Prohibition is Repealed  February 1933 Congress passed the 21st Amendment repealing Prohibition  Curb on gangsters who profited from bootlegging  8 states continued the ban

5. Empire State Building  John Raskob : developer Won race to build the world’s tallest building Began in 1930 2,500 – 4,000 people worked on construction on any given day Cost:$41 million Stories: 102 Feet: 1,250 67 elevators that traveled 1,000 feet per minute

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7. The End of an Era Gangster, Al Capone was arrested for tax evasion Babe Ruth retired in 1935 January 1933 – Calvin Coolidge : oversaw freewheeling prosperity of 1920s died