Summary World trade declines, banks fail, high unemployment develops, urban and rural poverty ensues, leading to the construction of the New deal program,
Herbert Hoover was president when the Depression started His Philosophy: We’ll make it! – Opposed direct federal aid – Self-help & volunteerism –
The Great Depression
The Roaring 20’s 1920’s End of WWI “Fun Times Begin” –Dancing –Music –Drinking –Spending –Less Work Hours –Higher Wages.
The Roaring 20’s The new concept of “credit” and spread of consumerism. Instant gratification was the rule. People were spending money and could not pay.
The Great Depression Stock Market Stocks Drought The Dust Bowl Soup Kitchens Herbert Hoover Franklin Roosevelt Duke Ellington Margaret.
1929-1939 Stock market crash Nobody realized the effect it would have No money to replenish what was borrowed.
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A Brief Introduction to John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men.
