1920S- GREAT DEPRESSION DAY 4 Today we have a QUIZ on Day 3- the transition from Hoover to FDR.
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III- FDR and the New Deal
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• A) During the beginning of the depression, President Hoover took a “hands off” economic policy
• 1) Hoover did not want the government controlling or bailing out private industry
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• 2) Hoover’s administration provided very little government assistance to the public hurt by the economic collapse
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• 3) LAISSEZ FAIRE Economics - merchants and companies should operate with little or no government oversight.
• 4) The lack of government action helped to worsen the Depression
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IV- The Bonus Army• A) In 1932, WWI veterans
build a “Hooverville” on the mall in Washington DC.
• B) The Vets were demanding to be paid a cash bonus promised to them by Congress.
• C) The bonus was supposed to be paid in 1945 but they needed it now
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• D) The Senate refused to pay and the Army was called in to violently eject the Vets from the Mall
• 1) This unpopular act further dooms Hoover’s chances to be re-elected
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V- FDR
• A) Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) is elected President in 1932. (Won all but six states)
• 1) He was a popular Senator from NY who suffered from polio (he was unable to walk and used a wheelchair)
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• B) Unlike Hoover, FDR was willing to use the power and money of the federal government to try and end the depression.
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`• C) FDR promised
a “New Deal” for American’s
• 1) The New Deal- federal programs of relief, recovery, and reform to combat the Great Depression.
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VI- New Deal Programs• GO• A) Between 1932 and
1939, FDR implemented dozens of programs.
• 1) If one was ineffective, that quickly tried something new
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• B) SEC- Securities Exchange Commission- Federal Agency that polices the stock market looking for abuses and cheaters.
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• C) FDIC- Federal Deposit Insurance. The government insures every bank account up to 200,000 dollars.
• 1) This prevents runs on the banks.
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• D) Social Security Act- Citizens pay into a trust fund (type of savings account) during their working years.
• 1) Money in the fund is paid out to older citizens when they retire (65).
• 2) This retirement fund keeps seniors no longer able to work from becoming destitute.
• a) Destitute- unable to afford food and shelter
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• E) The programs of the New Deal prevent economic conditions from getting worse.
• 1) They also help prevent future economic catastrophes
• 2) The nation’s economy will remain stagnant until 1941.