The Great Depression

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The Great Depression
Dust Bowl
25 Percent Unemployment
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Hoover
Took Abuse, Seen As Uncaring. Believed Handouts
Would Corrupt American Spirit
Hoovervilles, Hoover Blanket, Hoover Flag
Bonus Army
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Reaction
More Communist/Socialist Organizations
Father Coughlin
John L. Lewis United Mine Workers of
America Unions Goons
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Criminals
Bonnie and Clyde
John Dillinger
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Movies-Escapism
Shirley Temple
Marx Brothers
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Radio Music
Benny Goodman Swing
Amos and Andy
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Fireside Chats
The New Deal
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100 Days
Helped Strong Banks, Direct Help to Farmers
PWA-Public Works Administration
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Works Progress Administration
National Recovery Administration
Repeal Prohibition
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TVA-Tennessee Valley Authority
Social Security
Re-elected 1936
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The New Deal and..
Women.. Mixed Results, some discrimination, Othe
rs made more money relative to Men than before.
Minorities. Roosevelt did not pursue Civil
Rights But African Americans included in many
projects, Projects not aimed at migrant farm
workers.