The Great Depression and the New Deal, Kevin Hillstrom
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The Great Depression and the New Deal, Kevin Hillstrom
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-218) and index
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index present
Intended audience
Grades 8-12+
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non fiction
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The Great Depression and the New Deal
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bibliography
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795201998
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Kevin Hillstrom
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Summary
"Explains the history of the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression, as well as President Franklin D. Roosevelt's ambitious program of New Deal reforms. Features include a narrative overview, biographical profiles, primary source documents, chronology, glossary, bibliography, and index"--Provided by publisher
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Roaring Twenties and the Great Crash -- Hoover years -- Roosevelt and the first New Deal -- Dust Bowl -- Second New Deal -- Wartime prosperity -- Legacy of the Great Depression and the New Deal -- Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) : U.S. President during the early years of the Great Depression -- Harry Lloyd Hopkins (1890-1946) : New Deal administrator and presidential advisor -- Hugh S. Johnson (1890-1946) : director of the New Deal's National Recovery Administration -- Frances Perkins (1880-1965) : progressive activist and Secretary of Labor during the Great Depression -- Eleanor Roosevelt (1864-1962) : First Lady of the United States of America during the Great Depression -- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) : U.S. President during the later years of the Great Depression and World War II -- Henry A. Wallace (1888-1965) : Secretary of Agriculture during the Great Depression and Vice President during World War II -- Remembering a Depression childhood -- Herbert Hoover predicts a quick recovery -- Franklin D. Roosevelt's first inaugural address -- Praises for the Civilian Conservation Corps -- Excerpt from John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" -- Woody Guthrie describes the Dust Bowl -- Remembering "Black Sunday" -- Battling the Dust Bowl and rural poverty -- Roosevelt unveils the second New Deal -- Saturday Evening Post condemns Roosevelt and the New Deal -- Rabbi's letter of thanks to Roosevelt
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