The Great Depression 19291939

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The Great Depression1929-1939
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Stock Market Crash

• October 24th 1929 Black Thursday The start
• October 29th 1929 Black Tuesday The collapse

"In the third grade, my teacher announced a
spelling bee. I was very excited because if you
won, you received a prize of twenty-five cents.
This was a lot of money. I studied very hard and
was nervous, but I did win. My mother took my
twenty-five cents to buy food."
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The American People

• Unemployment soared from 3 to 25
• Manufacturing in the country dropped 1/3
• Big corporations saw sales drop (General Motors
  50)
• By June of 1932 55 of the people that had jobs
  before the depression were now out of work
• Help is on the way

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The New Deal

• FDRs relief plan for the depression
• The goal was to get people back to work, to make
  money, and give a boost to a depleted economy
• The First 100 Days
• FDR used his personality to boost the spirits of
  the American people
• "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself,"
• FDR

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New Deal Programs

• TVA Tennessee Valley Authority
• AAA Agriculture Adjustment Act
• FERA Federal Emergency Relief Act
• WPA Workers Progress Administration
• CCC Civilian Conservation Corps
• NIRA National Industrial Recovery Act
• NRA National Recovery Administration
• PWA Public Works Administration

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The Dust Bowl

• 1930-1941
• Took place in the central US
• Drought, Wind, and Inappropriate farming
  techniques
• 300,000 to 400,000 Americans had to relocate
• Topsoil from millions of acres was lost during
  the Dust Bowl

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