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Hoover Struggles with the Depression

Hoover Struggles with the Depression. MAIN IDEA. What are we studying today?. Terms & Names. Who was Herbert Hoover?. A PERSONAL VOICE OSCAR AMERINGER

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Hoover Struggles with the Depression

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  1. Hoover Struggleswith the Depression

  2. MAIN IDEA What are we studying today?

  3. Terms & Names Who was Herbert Hoover?

  4. A PERSONAL VOICE OSCAR AMERINGER • “ The roads of the West and Southwest teem with hungry hitchhikers. . . . Between Clarksville and Russellville, Ark., I picked up a family. The woman was hugging a dead chicken under a ragged coat. When I asked her where she had procured the fowl, first she told me she had found it dead in the road, and then added in grim humor, ‘They promised me a chicken in the pot, and now I got mine.’”

  5. Consider that politicians had promised, “A chicken in every pot.” What is ironic about the woman’s statement?

  6. Hoover Tries to Reassure the Nation • How did Hoover react to the crash?

  7. Hoover Tries to Reassure the Nation • Why did Hoover reject any direct aid from the government?

  8. HOOVER TAKES CAUTIOUS STEPS • What was Hoover’s plan to help the economy?

  9. HOOVER TAKES CAUTIOUS STEPS • What happens because of Hoover’s inactivity?

  10. BOULDER DAM • What is Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam)?

  11. BOULDER DAM • How was Boulder Dam funded?

  12. BOULDER DAM • What impact does Boulder Dam have?

  13. DEMOCRATS WIN IN 1930 CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS • Why do the Democrats win elections in the 1930 Congress?

  14. DEMOCRATS WIN IN 1930 CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS • How do people protest the actions of the government? • .

  15. HOOVER BACKS COOPERATIVES • What was the Federal Farm Board?

  16. HOOVER BACKS COOPERATIVES • How did Hoover try to help the banks?

  17. DIRECT INTERVENTION • What did the Federal Home Loan Bank Act do?

  18. DIRECT INTERVENTION • What was the Reconstruction Finance Corporation?

  19. THE PATMAN BILL DENIED • What was the Bonus Army?

  20. THE PATMAN BILL DENIED • What did the Bonus Army want?

  21. A PERSONAL VOICE A. EVERETTE MCINTYRE • “ The 12th infantry was in full battle dress. Each had a gas mask and his belt was full of tear gas bombs. . . . At orders, they brought their bayonets at thrust and moved in. The bayonets were used to jab people, to make them move. Soon, almost everybody disappeared from view, because tear gas bombs exploded. The entire block was covered by tear gas. Flames were coming up, where the soldiers had set fire to the buildings to drive these people out. . . . Through the whole afternoon, they took one camp after another.” • —quoted in Hard Times

  22. How do you think the population would respond to the actions by the military?

  23. HOOVER DISBANDS THE BONUS ARMY • Why was the Bonus Army important for the election?

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