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The Great Depression

The Great Depression . English Mr. Moore. The Roaring Twenties. The Roaring Twenties was an era of great economic growth and widespread prosperity driven by: Government growth policies A boom in construction, Rapid growth of consumer goods such as automobiles .

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The Great Depression

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  1. The Great Depression English Mr. Moore

  2. The Roaring Twenties The Roaring Twenties was an era of great economic growth and widespread prosperity driven by: • Government growth policies • A boom in construction, • Rapid growth of consumer goods such as automobiles.

  3. The Dust Bowl and the Great Depression

  4. Cinderella Man

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  6. The Great Depression1929-1940’s The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depressionin the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s.

  7. President of the United StatesThe Great Depression Herbert Hoover 1929-1933

  8. President of the United StatesThe Great Depression Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1933- 1945

  9. Black Tuesday The Wall Street Crash of 1929 (October 1929), also known as the Great Crash, and the Stock Market Crash of 1929, was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States of America

  10. Florence Owens Thompson Migrant mother 32 years old 7 children Picture by Dorthea Lange

  11. What is laissez faire? Means: Hands Off • No government involvement in big business

  12. Shanty Towns • Homes made out of wood and cardboard. • People were forced out of their homes on to the streets. • Shanty Towns are also known as Hoovervilles. • People blamed Herbert Hoover for the depression. http://arizona.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341bf80c53ef011168d02683970c-500wi

  13. The New Deal • Franklin Roosevelt created New Deal agencies to help with the depression. • FDIC- Federal Deposit Insurance Commission- this guarantees bank accounts. It's A Wonderful Life- Bank Run

  14. http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/images/jobbureau.jpghttp://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/images/jobbureau.jpg

  15. What event helped end the Great Depression?

  16. WWII Jobs were created to make war materials in factories.

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