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Part I: The Great Depression 1929-1938 2
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The Crash! 3
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4 Business Over-Expansion Speculation International Credit Structure Causes of the Great Depression Government Policies Income Mal-distribution
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Banks Collapse! Investments Decline! Money Supply Declines! Deflation! GNP Plunges! Farm Income Drops! Unemployment Explodes! Unemployment Explodes! 5
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The Hoover Administration “The fundamental business of the country is sound.” Voluntary efforts & private enterprise Modest government actions Results—Hoovervilles & the Bonus Army 6
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The Roosevelt Administration— 1933-1938 “I pledge you, I pledge myself, a new deal for the American people.” American people.” the bank holiday & “fireside chats” & the first hundred days— hundred days— 3 R’s---relief, recovery, reform—the 1 st New Deal relief---Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) relief---Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) recovery---Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) recovery---Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) reform---Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) reform---Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) & Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) & Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) 7
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recovery---Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) recovery---National Industrial Recovery Act 2 programs---NRA & PWA 2 programs---NRA & PWA 8
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Roosevelt’s Critics 9
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The 2 nd New Deal relief—Works Public Administration (WPA) reform---Social Security Act reform---the Wagner Act the court packing scheme a second recession—1937-38 10
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Results of New Deal Policies 12 Establishment of welfare/broker state Dramatic growth of government power Promotion of liberalism through Democratic Party coalition Democratic Party coalition Legitimization of deficit spending Failure to end Depression and restore the economy the economy
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Part II: World War II 1939-1945 13
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Origins of World War II 14 Effects of World War I The Great Depression The rise of totalitarianism: Militarism Militarism Fascism Fascism Communism Communism
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Axis & Japanese Aggression European appeasement American neutrality 17 War!--- September 1, 1939
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19 Pearl Harbor Attack---December 7, 1941 FDR---”a day which will live in infamy”
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21 D-Day Normandy Invasion---June 6, 1944 Germany surrenders—War in Europe ends May 8, 1945
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23 “I am become death, the shatterer of worlds” --- Robert Oppenheimer
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The Manhattan Project 24 Kitchen table experiments Scientists’ & British warnings S-1 Committee & Los Alamos Lab Harry Truman & the decision
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25 Hiroshima & Nagasaki Nagasaki Japan surrenders World War II ends August, 1945
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26 Effects of the war The Holocaust and the end of empires American internationalism & global leadership End of the Great Depression Opportunities for women & minorities
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