5. Hoover “the Great
Engineer”
• Background:
• Successful, self-made
millionaire by 40
• Quaker upbringing -
industrious, independent,
humanitarian.
• Spent his youth in the mining industry and as a
result, supported labor unions and mining
regulations.
• During the Great War, he voluntarily organized
international relief efforts saving millions of
lives in Europe. “the Great Humanitarian”
19. FDR’s First Inaugural
Address, 1933
I am certain that my fellow Americans expect that on my
induction into the Presidency I will address them with a
candor and a decision which the present situation of our
people impel. This is preeminently the time to speak the
truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. Nor need we
shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country
today. This great Nation will endure as it has endured,
will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert
my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is
fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror
which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into
advance. In every dark hour of our national life a
leadership of frankness and vigor has met with that
understanding and support of the people themselves
which is essential to victory. I am convinced that you will
again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
50. Social Security Act, 1935
•The most lasting and
influential of the 2nd New
Deal Programs.
•Provided insurance for retirees
65 and up - Social Security
•Unemployment compensation
- for workers who could not
find work.
•Aid to families with dependent
children and the disabled.
55. 1934-1937
• Ranchers and farmers in the nineteenth
and early twentieth centuries,
aggressively exploited the land and set
up the region for ecological disaster.
• The drought is the worst ever in U.S.
history, covering more than 75 percent
of the country and affecting 27 states
severely.
• Emergency Relief Appropriation Act,
which provides $525 million for drought
relief, and authorizes creation of the
Works Progress Administration, which
would employ 8.5 million people
• By 1940, more than 2.5 million people
had fled from the regions affected by
the Dust Bowl. Nearly 10 percent
moved to California
• The drought and erosion of the Dust
Bowl affected 100,000,000 acres
60. Culture
•Steinbeck - The Grapes of Wrath
He was seen by some as socialist for his
sympathetic portrayal of the poor and
impoverished.
•Empire State Building is constructed
in 1931
•Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio were
national icons throughout the 1930s
•Seabiscuit - working class hero of 1930s
•1935 Parker Brothers releases Monopoly
•1937 Amelia Earhart goes missing after
attempting to fly across the world
61. Culture
•Theodore Geisel (Dr.
Suess)
•Dale Carnegie - How to
Win Friends and Influence
People was top selling book
of 1936
•Swing music was popular
•“It don’t mean a thing
(if it ain’t got that
swing)”
•Duke Ellington,
Benny Goodman,
Glenn Miller and
George Gershwin
62. Culture
•“Brother, Can You Spare
a Dime”
•“The Star Spangled
Banner” 1931 and “God
Bless America” 1938
•Mount Rushmore
completed by Gutzon
Borglum
•Grant Wood - “American
Gothic”
•Frank Lloyd Wright -
“Falling Water”
63. Culture
•“Brother, Can You
Spare a Dime”
•“The Star Spangled
Banner” 1931 and
“God Bless America”
1938
•Mount Rushmore
completed by Gutzon
Borglum
•Grant Wood -
“American Gothic”
•Frank Lloyd Wright -
“Falling Water”
64. •Movies, in the late 30’s are seen by about 65% of the American public.
•“Golden Age” of film
•Clark Gable, Bette Davis, Greta Garbo, Fred Astaire and Shirley
Temple
The Golden Age of Film
65. •85 million viewers per week (total pop was 123)
Attended Movies at Least Once per Week
- “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937”
- “The Wizard of Oz 1939”
- “Gone with the Wind, 1939”
The Golden Age of Film
66.
67. Radio - by late 1930’s radios
were owned by 90% of
American Households
Beset by deep anxieties and
insecurities, many Americans in
the 1930s hungered for heroes:
like Superman and Batman;
tough, hard-boiled detectives
like Dashiell Hammett; and
radio heroes like "The Lone
Ranger" or "The Shadow."
68. 1936 - “The Aliens are coming!!”
A radio show prank done by Orson Wells to promote the
book “The War of the Worlds” creates a huge scare.
Estimates of 1.7 Million people were disturbed.
69. Civil Rights
•Black Cabinet, by 1935 - 45 blacks
working in executive positions of New
Deal agencies
Mary McLeod Bethune - Anti Lynching
campaigns - worked with Eleanor
Roosevelt for social movements.
1939 Marian Anderson
Steps of Lincoln Memorial, 4/9/39
Sang National Anthem after being
rejected by the Daughters of the
American Revolution.
“No one can make you
feel inferior without
your consent.”
70. Jesse Owens, 1936
Olympics
“When I came back to my
native country, after all the
stories about Hitler, I couldn't
ride in the front of the bus. I
had to go to the back door. I
couldn't live where I wanted. I
wasn't invited to shake hands
with Hitler, but I wasn't invited
to the White House to shake
hands with the President,
either.”
1936 Olympics - In Nazi
Germany
Won 4 gold medals
71. Big Bill Broonzy lyrics
Black, Brown And White blues lyrics
This little song that I'm singin' about,
Brother, you all know that it's true,
If you're black and gotta work for livin',
Now, this is what they will say to you,
They says: If you was white,
You's alright,
If you was brown,
Stick around,
But if you's black, oh, brother,
Get back, get back, get back.
I was in a place one night,
They was all havin' fun,
They was all buyin' beer and wine,
But they would not sell me none.
They said: If you was white,
You's alright,
If you was brown,
You could stick around,
But if you's black, hmm, hmm, brother,
Get back, get back, get back.
Me and a man was workin' side by side,
Now, this is what it meant:
They was payin' him a dollar an hour,
And they was payin' me fifty cent.
They said: If you was white,
You'd be alright,
If you was brown,
You could stick around,
But if you's black, oh, brother,
Get back, get back, get back.