PPT-Depression and the New Deal

Red Scare and Society Culture Video 500 400 300 200 100 500 400 300 200 100 500 400 300 200 100 500 400 300 200 100 Answer Return to Main Board Which program was created to secure individuals bank deposits. President Franklin Roosevelt promised to take action to get America out of the Great Depression.. Key terms: Hundred Days, New Deal, work relief, subsidy. Essential Questions. How did Roosevelt try to restore the confidence of the American people?. Unit 9. Causes of the Great Depression. Guiding Questions. What economic choices caused the economy to become unstable in the late 1920s?. How did the stock market crash trigger a chain of events that led to the Depression?. FDR: Politician in a Wheelchair. Disabled from polio at a younger age. Taught him patience, tolerance, compassion and strength of will. Eleanor:. Distant cousin of FDR and niece of TR. “Redefined the role of the First Lady. Chapter 33. 1933-1939. Introduction. Voters were in an ugly mood as the presidential campaign of 1932 neared.. Hoover, sick at heart over the Depression, was re-nominated by the Republican convention in Chicago without great enthusiasm.. The Early Years of the Depression, 1929-1932. Down and Out: Life in the Great Depression. Worst national crisis since the _________.. First options were private charity and religious institutions. No public support. Introduction. As the presidential election neared in 1932 there were 11 million people still unemployed and their families sank ever deeper into the pit of poverty. . Hoover was renominated. , but not a lot of enthusiasm surrounded him. While a rising star of the democrats was Franklin Delano . Chapter 17 and 18. Causes of the Great Depression. Section 1. I Can Statements. Discuss the weaknesses in the economy of the 1920s.. Explain how the stock market crash contributed to the coming of the depression.. -. The Great Depression began in 1929 after the stock market crashed. Businesses closed, unemployment rose, and the economy suffered greatly. . . Hoover’s Policies Failed. President Hoover was viewed as not having done enough to slow down the effects of the Great Depression. . BACKGROUND. Economies. historically pass through good and bad periods that regularly repeat themselves. These periods of business activity are referred to as the “business cycle”. The bad times are called recessions or depressions, depending on the severity. New Deal Agencies Hoover V. Roosevelt Finish the questions on the back of the worksheet from last time! Response: Hoover v. Roosevelt Hoover opposed the idea of using the government to provide welfare. FDR. Born in 1882, 5. th. cousin of Theodore Roosevelt. In 1921 he contracted polio and lost the use of his legs. (Paralytic Illness). Promised Americans a “New Deal” in 1932 but was vague on the details. Four months elapsed between the election and FDR taking office. Worked with his advisors, the Brain Trust, on new policies that came to collectively be called the New Deal. Policies focused on 3 goals. The New Deal. Causes of the Great Depression. Tariffs and war debt policies. Crises in the farm sector. Availability of easy credit. Unequal distribution of income. Hoover Takes the Nation. Election of 1928. The Great Depression hits. Hoover elected President in 1928. “predicts the end of poverty”. Warning signs of Depression. Buying stock on . Speculation. Buying on Margin. Stock prices are inflated.