BY: GABRIELLA DERIU, JENNA
DUBE, AND AUSTIN GILLIS

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Government shut down because Politicians couldn’t agree
Depression began when Politicians make bad choices

Background-Hoover
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Hoover’s Presidency-1929-1933
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October 28 th , 1929-stock market crashed
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Hoover raised taxes
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1932-unemployment was over 23%
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1932-created RFC-made 1 billion dollars in loans available to businesses

Background-Roosevelt
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Roosevelt’s Presidency-1933-1945
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Promised the New Dealgovernment programs to fix unemployment, homelessness, and economy
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Second New Deal-1935-1937
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Social Security Act of 1935main part of Second New Deal grovesapush.edublogs.org

Politics helped and hurt people and
America during the Great
Depression.
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http://depts.washington.edu/depress/
Roosevelt helped it;
Hoover hurt it.

Guiding Questions
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Major Issues:
 homelessness
 unemployment
 stock market crash
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Our Leader(s):
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F.D.R.
blogs.cas.suffolk.edu
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Maybe Hoover(he was a leader; a bad one)

Guiding Questions (cont.)
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Seeking to Resolve these
Issues?
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Hoover raised taxes
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F.D.R. created the New Deal
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F.D.R. created the Second New
Deal newdealleaders.org

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