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USA 1919–1941The Election of FDR

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The unemployed could not afford to pay bills and there was no

benefit system.

The homeless built shanty towns, nicknamed

Hoovervilles.

The banks went bust and people lost all of their

money.

Consequences of Hoover’s policies

Consequences of Hoover’s policies

Banks and landlords

evicted people from their homes.

Unemployment rose to 12

million by 1932.

People lost confidence and

stopped spending.

Could these consequences affect Hoover’s popularity?

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Hoover and FDR

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1932 election results

Why do you think FDR won the 1932 presidential election?

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FDR’s inauguration speech

This nation asks for action, and action now. Our

greatest primary task is to put people to work. I shall ask Congress for broad

executive power to wage a war against the emergency.

Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have

to fear is fear itself.

In 1932, FDR won a landslide victory against his Republican opponent, President Hoover. In his inauguration speech he promised the American people a New Deal to tackle unemployment.