1. The Great Depression
And the New Deal

2. Bonus march Low Point of Depression was the Bonus March
1,000’s of WW1 Veterans march on D.C. to get Army bonus $$
Pres. Hoover sends US Army to get rid of them

3. Dust Bowl Intense farming wears out the soil in Mid-West US
Drought turns tired soil to dust

4. Winds blow the dust away

5. Poor Mid-West farmers have to leave
Many go to California
The trip was very difficult

6. FDR Elected 1932
…This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm believe that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself --nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance…

7. FDR was elected to lead the US out of the depression
He had to appear strong to the American people

8. Fireside Chats To help gain America’s confidence
Roosevelt used the radio
These talks were called
Fireside Chats

9. What does the artist
think about FDR?
How did the
artist get
that idea across?

10. What does the artist
think about FDR?
How did the
artist get
that idea across?

11. 1000’s got work in the CCC
1000’s more worked for the WPA

12. 1000’s worked for the TVA
But millions enjoyed electricity for the 1st time because of them