American history AIR review for IG
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
INDUSTRIALIZATION
- Ppl move from rural (farms) to urban (cities)
- Cities explode!
- Tech innovation and inventions
- Crowded living conditions
- Low wages, long hours, sad factory conditions
- Child labor!
PROGRESSIVE ERA
- Time for change!
- Clean up society and get some rights, people!
- Workers rights and labor unions
- Better working conditions, better wages, better hours
- 16, 17, 18, 19 amendments
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
- Caused by bank runs, too much credit, stock market crash
- Hoover was hands off! Gov’t shouldn’t get involved in the economy (laissez faire)
- High unemployment, ppl lost savings and investments
- Remember our simulation!
THE NEW DEAL
- FDR (Roosevelt) becomes president and takes action
- Has gov’t start social programs to help ppl
- Improves infrastructure (builds roads/highway system, improves bridges and transportation) to put people back to work
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