Download - Terms for March 16 & 18th
Terms for March 16 & 18th• 4 Major Causes of the Great Depression• Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)• Hooverville• Bonus Army• “End Poverty in California” (EPIC)• Townsend Plan• Social Security Act of 1935• The New Deal • The Second New Deal
Causes of the Great Depression
1. Stock market crash/lending crisis2. Pre-1929 weaknesses in the US
economy3. Unequal distribution of wealth4. Worldwide economic problems
From The Grapes of Wrath (Heritage Press, 1940)Collection of the Pace University Library
A Hooverville
Hooverville in Seattle, WA
Hooverville – Portland, OR
Hooverville – Circleville, OH
Sacramento, CA
Part of the Bonus Army’s CampSummer 1932
Working for the CCC:forestry, flood control, soil erosion
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Begun April 1933: 3 million single, unemployed men ages 18-24. In 9 years accomplished:
• 89,000 miles of telephone line was installed• 126,000 miles of roads and trails were
constructed• 6,459,000 man-days were expended fighting
fires• 6,660,000 erosion control check dams were built• 2,356,000,000 trees were planted
Challenges from the Left:Upton Sinclair’s “EPIC” Plan
Challenges from the Left:Dr. Townsend