surviving the great depression. “the great majority of americans may be depressed....but there is...
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Surviving the Great Depression
“The great majority of Americans may be depressed. . . .But there is one thing they
are not, and that is—beaten.”
~Journalist Gerald W. Johnson, 1932
Americans Pull Together
• _________ flocked together for support – Protests of _____ _______ and
evictions– “_______ Auctions”
– Helping those worse off than yourself
“There were many beggars who would come to your back door, and they would say they were hungry. I wouldn’t give them money because I didn’t have it. But I did take them in and put them in my kitchen and give them something to eat.”
~Kitty McCulloch
Hobo Symbols
Seeking Political Solutions
• No widespread calls for ________ _______ change
• The US trusted their ___________ process to work
• Isolated _________ Movements– The ____________ Party– The __________ Party
• The Election of 1932:– Communist Candidate: around 100,000 votes– Socialist Candidate: 881,951 votes (2.2%)– Herbert Hoover (R): 15,761,841 (39.7%)– Franklin Roosevelt (D): 22,821,857 (57,4%)
Depression Humor
• Jokes and cartoons kept people _______ through their _________
• Jokes: Hooverville, Hoover blankets, Hoover Flags
Monopoly
• Charles B. Darrow invented the game to get people’s minds off their troubles
Signs of Change
• February 1933: Congress passed the _____ Amendment
• The sale of _____ now belonged to the ____, and all but 8 legalized the consumption of alcohol
• Some regretted the ban being ended, but most saw it as “about time” and a way to curb the power of _________
• The _______ _____ Building– John J. Raskob won the race
to build the world’s tallest building
– Building cost ____ million– The first Sunday it was open
• More than _____ people paid a dollar to make the 102 story trip
The End of an Era
• By 1933, the 1920s symbols were fading away
• 1931: __ ______ was arrested• 1932: __________ infant son was kidnapped and
murdered• 1933: Calvin Coolidge died• 1935: _____ _____ retired