The Great APUSH Depression 🫩

Great Depression Causes & Effects on Economy?

Causes: Stock Market crash, Bank failures, overproduction & over speculation, trade decline

Effects: Mass unemployment, poverty, business collapse, deflation

Hoover vs. FDR Responses

Hoover: Limited govt., voluntary aid, balanced budgets

FDR: Active federal intervention, direct relief, public jobs, deficit spending

FDR’s New Deal & Impact on Govt. Implementation

Relief: (jobs and aid)

•FERA (Federal Emergency Relief Association)

•CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)

-U.S voluntary work relief program for young men

•WPA (Works Progress Administration)

-Employed millions of jobseekers to carry put public works projects

Recovery: (stimulate economy)

•NRA (National Recovery Association)

-eliminate "cut throat competition" by bringing industry, labor, and government together to create codes of "fair practices" and set prices

•AAA (Agriculture Adjustment Act)

-boost agricultural prices by reducing surpluses

Reform: Social Security, SEC, FDIC (protect economy)

New Deal Impact & Ideas of Modern American Liberalism

Expanded govt. role, created limited welfare state

Redefined modern liberalism with social safety nets

Explain liberal and conservative criticisms of the New Deal, including how the Supreme Court sought to limit the New Deal’s scope.

• Liberals: Too moderate

• Conservatives: Govt. overreach

• Court initially blocked some programs

Political Changes

• Built Democratic coalition: workers, immigrants, African Americans

• Shifted US politics toward active govt. and social welfare

How did the Great Depression & WW2 result in Americans moving to cities for jobs?

Depression & WWII caused rural-to-city move for jobs in factories