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The election of 1932 and its impact By Deante Bernard

The initial impact

●  Ended the progressive era ●  Ended Republican dominance in national politics ●  President FDR wins in a landslide over Herbert Hoover

The election of 1928 and prior elections

The election of 1920 and 1924

Republicans had easy wins over the other parties

The election of 1928

In this election, the Republican candidate Herbert Hoover destroyed the democratic candidate Alfred E.Smith. Hoover had 444 electoral votes while Smith had 87. This election was the last in a series of republican dominated elections.

The Great Depression around the world

The Great Depression

❖  After the election of Herbert Hoover the very next year the Depression hit the U.S. but affected the whole world.

❖  Sharp decrease in world trade while countries were focusing on protecting their own industries.

More great depression

The (actual) election of 1932

The candidates

Herbert Hoover- Republican

Franklin D Roosevelt- Democratic

Norman Thomas- Socialist

William Z. Foster- Communist

The election

❖  This election was so crucial because it was in the midst of the Great Depression. People were utterly miserable and were in the Darkest Days of the Depression.

❖  The people put blame on the previous president ,Herbert Hoover, for the Depression.

❖  This election represented a dramatic shift in the political alignment of the country.

FDR’s Campaign ●  Through his presidential

campaign he didn’t have to do much against an already disliked Hoover. He proposed the New Deal but would vaguely go into detail because he didn’t need to.

●  The people wanted a change from Hoover and he was the perfect answer.

Hoover’s Campaign

More election info

https://packs.eb.com/social-studies#/4/9-12/All/ http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h894.html

https://packs.eb.com/social-studies/150781/article/37849#

https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1932

http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/franklin-d-roosevelt

https://www.270towin.com/historical-presidential-elections/

https://www.thebalance.com/effects-of-the-great-depression-4049299