HIST 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Jim Crow Laws, John Hersey, Nonviolence
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Atmosphere of failure, stressed cooperation between government and business: 1929- the us reached its limits of consumption > great. Depression/crash of stock market: market fell to pieces/bottom of the market fell out, economy did not recover from this crash > it spiraled deeper and deeper into the largest depression in history. 1932 presidential election: republican party re-nominated hoover, democratic party nominated roosevelt, roosevelt proved to be the shrewdest politician, knew he didn"t have to do much to win the election because everyone hated hoover. The hundred days roosevelt announced the new deal/ a number of programs, initiatives and bills were passed quickly. The new deal: restore the consumer power, banks closed and guarded in the depression > roosevelt passed the emergency relief banking bill (reopened the banks through the. National government should built things in national parks and other work: public works administration- public program to build roads and businesses.
