The Great Depression Lesson 10.3

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The Great DepressionLesson 10.3

• In this photo, a long line of jobless and
  homeless men wait to get free dinner at a
  municipal lodging house during the Great
  Depression.

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Essential Question

• How did the boom times of post-World War I
  America lead to bust times of the Great
  Depression?

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The Great Depression 10.3

• The Economic Depression

• Hard Times for Americans

• The Economy Slows Down

• The Impact on Farmers
• Culture in the 1920s

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The Economic Depression
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Roosevelt becomes President

• Hoover blamed by many for lack of progress
• FDR elected, pledges new deal to American
  people

• Roosevelt promises to create programs to provide
  jobs, help struggling Americans

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The New Deal

• Eleanor Roosevelt
• Very active in involving women in New Deal
  programs.
• Supported workers rights
• Started National Youth Organization

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Programs of the New Deal

• Alphabet Soup
• CCC
• TVA
• WPA

• Social Security Administration
• established a minimum wage.
• kept interest rates low

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Long-term impact of New Deal

• Economy did improve
• Many Americans were still out of work at the end
  of the 30s
• American were given hope
• Federal government continued (and continues) to
  play a large role in the economy.