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FDR (Franklin Delano Roosevelt) Responds to the Great Depression

FDR (Franklin Delano Roosevelt) Responds to the Great Depression. I. The Impact of the Great Depression on Ordinary Americans. A. Unemployment , Eviction, and Hunger. U.S. Unemployment Rate 1929-1940. 4 of 43. B. Falling Fathers, Falling Birth Rates.

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FDR (Franklin Delano Roosevelt) Responds to the Great Depression

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  1. FDR (Franklin Delano Roosevelt) Responds to the Great Depression

  2. I. The Impact of the Great Depression on Ordinary Americans

  3. A. Unemployment, Eviction, and Hunger

  4. U.S. Unemployment Rate 1929-1940 4 of 43

  5. B. Falling Fathers, Falling Birth Rates

  6. C. Failing Farmers, the Dust Bowl, and Hoovervilles

  7. D. Soup Kitchens, Bread Lines, and the Limits of Local Relief

  8. II. FDR Proposes a New Deal

  9. A. FDR’s Fireside Chats Appeal to the “Forgotten Man”

  10. B. FDR’s Inaugural Address & the First Hundred Days • “This Nation asks for action, and action now. “ • “Our greatest primary task is to put people to work…. It can be accomplished in part by direct recruiting by the Government itself, treating the task as we would treat the emergency of a war.”

  11. C. Three Competing and Conflicting Goals • Relief – Immediate End to Human Suffering • Recovery – Bring US Out of Depression • Reform – Make Sure Depression Cant Happen Again

  12. III. The 1st Hundred Days and Alphabet Soup

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