1. The Great Depression & New Deal
The 1930s

2. Herbert Hoover
Hoover’s background—He was orphaned at a young age, but became a self-made man as a mining engineer and businessman.
Hoover’s election—After winning a landslide election, Herbert Hoover’s presidency was looking hopeful.
[View 1]
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3. Causes of the Great Depression
Some suggestions…
1) Easy Credit
2) The Stock Market
3) Bad Economic Policies With Europe
4) Risky Investments

4. The “Great Crash” of 1929
[video on the stock market]
Black Tuesday—On October 29, 1929, the stock market plunged detrimentally, leading to $30 billion in losses.
[modern example of private markets]

5. The Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl—Not only did many American farmers lose their farms for not making mortgage payments, but they also suffered from a severe drought in the Midwest.
[Video, M 3:57]

6. Hoover’s Policies
Battling the Depression—President Hoover promoted a “rugged individualism” for America’s hope to get out of the Depression.
The Hawley-Smoot Tariff Video—

7. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Election of 1932—Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s campaign of proposing a “New Deal” by government intervention to an American populace that was deep in the Depression proved to be an irresistible promise for many.
[Video]

8. The New Deal Roosevelt’s Three R’s: Relief, Recovery, and Reform
Numerous Government Programs: FERA (Federal Emergency Relief Administration), the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps), the PWA (Public Works Administration), the WPA (Works Progress Administration), and more.
[Video, 3:15-8:10]
The New Deal’s Dilemma: [the good] more jobs were created [the bad] someone had the pay for these jobs (taxpayers) and government was now involved in more places than ever before

9. Perspectives on the New Deal
[Pro-New Deal]
[Anti-New Deal, stop at 5:23]

10. “To Kill a Mockingbird”
Up to 40:05 min