Unit 9: “Prosperity to Depression” Note Packet 9-3 Coach Styles

Unit 9: Prosperity to Depression: NP 9-3 Election of 1932: Although several issues, among them __________, entered the presidential campaign of 1932, there was only ONE KEY ISSUE, which was correction of the ___________. The Republican Party re-nominated _____________. The Democrats nominated New York Governor ______________________. F.D.R.’s Vice-Presidential running-mate was John Nance Garner. Prohibition Depression Herbert Hoover Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Unit 9: Prosperity to Depression: NP 9-3 Platform ________ (def): A declaration of principles and policies adopted by a political party or candidate. The Democratic platform was structured on 2 main points: Strengthening the nation’s ____________ programs. ______________ to the needy. Roosevelt stated that these “forgotten” Americans needed a “NEW DEAL.” public works DIRECT RELIEF

Unit 9: Prosperity to Depression: NP 9-3 _________ won the election in a landslide, by more than ____ electoral votes. March 4, 1933: F.D.R. was inaugurated for the first time, outlining for the American people his “________” (def): F.D.R.’s plans to implement a total recovery of the U.S. economic system. Roosevelt 400 New Deal

Unit 9: Prosperity to Depression: NP 9-3 In his first inaugural address, Roosevelt challenged the American people to face the future with courage and faith, declaring to Americans that “The only thing we have to fear is _________.” fear itself

F.D.R.’s First Inaugural Address—March 4, 1933

Unit 9: Prosperity to Depression: NP 9-3 For thousands of families in the ___________ of the Midwest, the harsh conditions of the of the Depression were made much worse by a catastrophic _______ ________. Beginning in 1930, a large area of the nation stretching north from ______ into the ________ began to experience a steady decline in _______ along with a blistering increase of intense _____. This area was known as the “__________” (def): Region of the Great Plains where severe drought, dust storms, and intense heat devastated the region for much of the 1930s. Great Plains natural disaster Texas Dakotas rainfall heat Dust Bowl

The Dust Bowl

Major Dust Storm--Kansas

Major Dust Storm--Oklahoma

Unit 9: Prosperity to Depression: NP 9-3 MAJOR DUST STORMS 1934………22 1935………40 1936………68 1937………72 1938………61 1939………30 1940………17 1941………17

The Dust Bowl—What was left behind

Unit 9: Prosperity to Depression: NP 9-3 The Grapes of Wrath A 1939 novel by John Steinbeck, ___________________, portrayed an Oklahoma family who, like thousands of others, lost their farm and were forced to travel to __________ in search of opportunity. Relief for the victims of the Dust Bowl did not arrive until the early 1940s, when rains once again returned to the region and the demand of WWII drove farm prices up. California