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Major Figures During the Great Depression

This article explores the significant figures during the Great Depression, including influential leaders like Franklin D. Roosevelt, Upton Sinclair, and prominent members of the Black Cabinet. It discusses their contributions, from the New Deal initiatives that provided direct aid and employment to the promotion of civil rights and community support. Additionally, it highlights the roles of cultural icons such as Shirley Temple, who brought joy amid hardship. Discover how these individuals worked to improve the lives of the American people during this challenging era.

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Major Figures During the Great Depression

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  1. Major Figures During the Great Depression By: Catherine Jen & Roselyn artofmanilness.com Royse City-9 yr. old girl's letter

  2. Background • Stock Market Crash  • Banks failed • Unemployment fishwrangler.blogspot.com Sinclair, Shirley, Roosevelt's, Black Cabinet were leaders, made lives better www.scarpzpaintball.coma

  3. Upton Sinclair • Famous author • Politically active • End Poverty in California (EPIC) • Over making consumer goods www.slate.com/ www.sites.google.com/ www.capitalcentury.com www.theworldsgreatbooks.com/

  4. Upton Sinclair • EPIC plan: • Proposed making abandoned factories available to the unemployed • Made what they could and exchanged goods • Decrease aid given to unemployed www.tantor.com www.ralphmag.org

  5. Shirley Temple • Child star- Fox • Multi talented • Happiness to audience • Take a Bow, Curly Top, Littlest Rebel~1934/1935 www.tvtropes.org www.matchbookmag.com www.fineartamerica.com

  6. Franklin D. Roosevelt • Fireside Chats • New Deal -Put to work unemployed -Direct assistance income -Stabilized prices and wages -Safety of deposits put into banks - regulate stock investing en.wikipedia.org hist8.wordpress.com  www.stlouisfed.org 

  7. Eleanor Roosevelt • Woman’s Home Companion • Defended/ Spoke against issues • Furniture Factory • Supported people’s rights foresightimprovement.com thetruthnews.info www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu

  8. Black Cabinet • Black advisors • African American participation • Communicated problems groups.yahoo.com Robert C. Weaver • Joint Committee on National Recovery • PWA labor contracts • Housing programs en.wikipedia.org www.archives.gov

  9. Mary McLeod Bethune • 1936 Black Cabinet • NYA-$600,000 • 1937 & 1939 National black conferences • 1935 National Council of Negro Women • Social Security, lynching, racism secondblooming.typepad.com blackpast.com en.wikipedia.org

  10. Conclusion www.docstoc.com • FDR vs Herbert Hoover • Sinclair, Shirley, Roosevelt's, Black Cabinet were leaders, made lives better • Realize people were important www.salon.com www.npr.org 

  11. Bibliography •  Johnson, Yvonne J. "Roosevelt, Eleanor." The Thirties in America. Ed. Thomas Tandy Lewis. 3 Vols. Salem Press, 2011. Salem History Web. 10 Oct. 2013 • Kirby, John B. "Black Cabinet." Encyclopedia of the Great Depression. Ed. Robert S. McElvaine. Vol. 1. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2004. 102-103. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 11 Oct. 2013. •  Kirby, John B. "Weaver, Robert Clifton." Encyclopedia of the Great Depression. Ed. Robert S. McElvaine. Vol. 2. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2004. 1026-1027. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 11 Oct. 2013 •  "Mary McLeod Bethune." Notable Black American Women. Gale, 1992. U.S. History In Context. Web. 14 Oct. 2013. • Neiheisel, Steve. "Roosevelt, Franklin D." The Thirties in America. Ed. Thomas Tandy Lewis. 3 Vols. Salem Press, 2011. Salem History Web. 10 Oct. 2013 •  Svoboda, Cynthia J. W. "Temple, Shirley." The Thirties in America. Ed. Thomas Tandy Lewis. 3 Vols. Salem Press, 2011. Salem History Web. 10 Oct. 2013 • Webb, Shawncey. "Sinclair, Upton." The Thirties in America. Ed. Thomas Tandy Lewis. 3 Vols. Salem Press, 2011. Salem History Web. 10 Oct. 2013

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