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| Answer Key for Teachers | Fasttrack
to America's Past
Section 7: Becoming a World Leader Page 7 - 23 and 7 - 24 Decade: 1930s The Great Depression |
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1.
A man who lost his job in a theater during the Great Depression.
He has found a new job working as a "sandwich board" man. The
picture
hints that perhaps radio - the new and free entertainment medium -
helped
put the theater out of business. 
2.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, elected president in 1932. He tried
new
strategies to try to end the depression. Although the depression
lingered until World War Two began, his optimistic spirit helped pull
America
through the difficult times.
3.
A man rests easy, confident that his savings are safe. One of
FDR's
first steps as president was to put the nation's banking system on a
secure
footing. 
4.
An advertisement for the New Deal programs of the 1930s. FDR
pushed
Congress to create a variety of federal programs designed to hire
unemployed
people.
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