Post on 31-Dec-2015
Chicago History
Bell Ringer Analyze each
political cartoon
Explain the similarities and differences between them.
How are the rich and poor portrayed?
What was the New Deal? A series of economic
programs passed by Congress between 1933-1936.
Focused on the 3 R’s Relief
For unemployed and poor Civilian Conservation
Corp Recovery
Of the economy WPA and PWA
Reform To prevent another
depression. FDIC and SS
“Recovery” in New Deal Chicago
Works Progress Administration (WPA) Created 40,000 jobs
Public Works Administration (PWA)
Examples of projects Lake Shore Drive Lincoln Park State Street Subway 30 new public schools and
parks 3 public housing projects Enlarging of Midway
Airport Murals and Writing Projects
Lincoln Park 1938
Lincoln Park 1948 and Now
Lane Tech Murals
It gave the government too much power. Chicago Machine Politics
It did not do enough. A lot of people were still
unemployed. Government programs
were only for a chosen few.
It did not end the depression. Government spending
did not necessarily mean relief for everyone.
World War II
1933-1934 Century of Progress Exposition
Celebrated Chicago’s 100th Birthday and scientific progress.
39 million visitors 427 acres of artificially
created lakeshore land Northerly Island (Meigs
Field) Attractions
82 miles of exhibits 200 ft tall thermometer African Diamond Mine Dinosaur Bones Sally Rand’s Famous Fan
Dance Created many jobs for
people in Chicago
Depression Era Outlaws?
John Dillinger A bank robber and public enemy #1 Killed outside the Biograph Theater in Chicago on July 22, 1934. Dillinger was a hero to people as he was known to destroy mortgage
papers. Memorial Day Massacre in 1937
10 steel strikers were killed by the police, while 30 other were wounded.
What was the New Deal? What two government agencies tried to
help Chicagoans out of the depression? Give two examples of projects funded by these agencies.
Was the New Deal a good or a bad thing for Americans? EXPLAIN!
Why might Depression Era “outlaws” be considered heroes?