1. Review
1865 – Civil War End
Late 1800s – Early 1900s (19th to 20th Century)
Reconstruction
Industrialization
Immigration
Move West
Gilded Age -> Progressive Movement
Discrimination -> Great Migration
WWI
Roaring 20s
The Great Depression

2. ANSWER – Gov’t gives money to the people
The Fed
The Great Depression
No Jobs
No Banks
NO MONEY
WORLD economy collapses
ANSWER – Gov’t gives money to the people
Federal Reserve (The Fed) = Gov’t bank
US Gov’t borrows money from The Fed
Gets the money to the people
THE NEW DEAL
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)

3. FDR is elected US President (1932)
Famous Speech:
“The only thing to fear is fear itself.”
The economy still works
BUT people are worried = not spending
New Deal
WPA
AAA
FDIC
Social Security

4. FDR’s New Deal WPA AAA FDIC Social Security Public Works Project
Gov’t pays citizens to:
Build Roads, Bridges, Buildings, Schools, etc.
Musicians, artists, writers, actors and directors
AAA
Gov’t pays farmers NOT to plant
Supply DOWN -> Price UP
Farmers no longer living in poverty
FDIC
Gov’t will protect your money in the bank
People feel safe using banks again
Social Security
Everyone must pay into retirement
Elderly and Disabled = money

5. Meanwhile in Europe… USA busy fixing our own problems
Fascist Dictators overthrow gov’t in Europe and abuse people
Mussolini (Italy)
Hitler (Germany)
Stalin (Russia)
Franco (Spain)
Military (Japan)

6. Rise of Dictators Fascism Militant Political Movement Emphasized
Loyalty to the nation (extreme nationalism)
Obedience to the leader
Belief
Do not care about individual rights or democracy
Do not care about communism or capitalism
Its all about making the nation strong
Totalitarian gov’t
Violence, War, and Imperialism are necessary

7. Fascists Plan Hitler (NAZI Germany)
Tariffs (tax on importing/exporting) are preventing trade with other nations
Need to sell to more people
Solution – Conquer new land
Hitler (NAZI Germany)
People Need a Job = Military
Military need something to do – Fight!
Hitler takes:
Rhineland
Austria
Sudetenland
Czechoslovakia