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Objectives:1. DescribewaysinwhichAmericanspulledtogethertosurvive
theDepression.2. Analyzethesignsofsocialchangeinthe1930s.MainIdea:AmericanssurvivedtheGreatDepressionwithdeterminationand
evenhumor.Theyhelpedoneanother,lookedforsolutions,andwaitedforthehardtimestopass.
AmericansPullTogether NoonewholivedthroughtheGreatDepressioneverforgotitandeveryonewasnotdepressed.
Whentheeconomybegantoreboundmanypeoplestuffedmoneyundertheirmattressesandsavedtheirmoneytobuygoodswithcash.
Manypeopleworkedtogethertogetthroughthedepression.Churchescreatedsoupkitchensandbreadlinestofeedthehungry.
Somefarmcommunitieshadbiddersbidlowonafarmandthengavethefarmbacktoitsoriginalowners.Thedepressionsawmanyactsofhumankindness.
Manyusedhumortogetthroughtheroughtimes.Hoovervillesstartedasajokeandcartoonsoftenmadefunofthestockmarketcrash.
It’sHisBabyNowHooverPassingProblemsToRoosevelt
TrustingDemocracy EconomicproblemsinEuropeledtoriotsandchanginggovernments,butmostAmericanstrusteddemocracy.
SomeAmericansdidjointhepoliticalleft(communismandsocialism),butthesegroupshadlittleeffectonthe1932presidentialelection.
RadicalandreformmovementsdidhelptheAmericansocietyduringthedepressionbybringingmanydifferentoccupationstogetherpromotingsocialchange.
ProhibitionRepealed The21stAmendmentendedprohibitionin1933. Legalizingalcoholdidstimulatethegrowthofgrainandreopenedbreweries.
MostAmericanswelcomedtheendofprohibitionandhopedthatitwouldreducetheroleofgangstersincities.
Todayprohibitionisseenasafailedsocialexperiment.
TheEmpireStateBuilding Asmallsignofgrowthwastheracetobuildtheworld’stallestbuilding.
In1931,theEmpireStatebuildinginNewYorkCitywontheracestanding102storiesand1,250feet(67elevatorstraveled1,000feetperminute,cost$41million).
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EndOfAnEra By1935,the1920serahadcometoanendwithsymbolsfadingaway.
AlCaponewasinprison. BabeRuthretired. JackDempseylosta]ight. HenryFordbecamelabor’sprimeenemyforhisdepressioneralaborpractices.
CharlesLindbergh’sinfantsonwaskidnappedandkilled.
CalvinCoolidgethesymbolofprosperitydied.
BabyLindberghKidnapped
