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Politics in the Great Depression. “The only thing we have to fear…is fear itself.” -F.D.R. By: Gabriella DeRiu, Jenna Dube, and Austin Gillis. Remember what happened two weeks ago?. Government shut down because Politicians couldn’t agree Depression began when Politicians make bad choices .
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Politics in the Great Depression “The only thing we have to fear…is fear itself.” -F.D.R. By: Gabriella DeRiu, Jenna Dube, and Austin Gillis
Remember what happened two weeks ago? • Government shut down because Politicians couldn’t agree • Depression began when Politicians make bad choices
Background-Hoover • Hoover’s Presidency-1929-1933 • October 28th, 1929-stock market crashed • Hoover raised taxes • 1932-unemployment was over 23% • 1932-created RFC-made 1 billion dollars in loans available to businesses
Background-Roosevelt • Roosevelt’s Presidency-1933-1945 • Promised the New Deal- government programs to fix unemployment, homelessness, and economy • Second New Deal-1935-1937 • Social Security Act of 1935- main part of Second New Deal grovesapush.edublogs.org
Politics helped and hurt people and America during the Great Depression. ft5p3.wikispaces.com http://depts.washington.edu/depress/ Roosevelt helped it; Hoover hurt it.
Guiding Questions • Major Issues: • homelessness • unemployment • stock market crash • Our Leader(s): • F.D.R. • Maybe Hoover(he was a leader; a bad one) blogs.cas.suffolk.edu
Guiding Questions (cont.) • Seeking to Resolve these Issues? • Hoover raised taxes • F.D.R. created the New Deal • F.D.R. created the Second New Deal newdealleaders.org
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