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Page 1: The Party's Over
Depression and WW2, 1930s-40s
Stock Market Crash, 1929
Financial panics and bank failures
Hoover and Roosevelt, 1930s
World War Two, 1939-45 map
Times Square kiss, 1945
Page 2: Before the Crash
Lindbergh, Babe Ruth, Empire State, 1929
Prices and production, 1920s
Manufacturing, 1920s
Agribusiness and urban vs rural, 1930
Skyscrapers, 1930
Stock Market frenzy, 1920s
Page 3: Delayed Reaction
Rebound before the plunge, 1930
Hoovervilles and the Bonus Army, 1930s
Renewed Decline, 1932
Depth of the Depression, 1933
Farmers in trouble, 1930s
Bank crash and panic, 1933
Page 4: Prosperity Ends
Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1930s
Unemployment, soup kitchens, 1930s
Farm foreclosures and auctions, 1930s
Dust Bowl, 1930s map
Americans out of work and hope, 1930s
Faces of the Depression, 1930s
Page 5: Big Government
Roosevelt's New Deal, 1930s
Banks close and reopen, 1931
CCC: Civilian Conservation Corps, 1930s
WPA and construction, 1930s
FSA, Social Security and poverty, 1930s
Federal Art Project and murals, 1930s
| Page 6: Hitting the Ground Running
CCC and jobs, 1930s
CCC and parks, 1930s
CCC roads and power lines, 1930s
CCC job training, 1930s
CCC land conservation, 1930s
CCC military-style camps, 1930s
Page 7: More Jobs
WPA: Works Progress Administration, 1930s
WPA: Concrete and Hoover Dam, 1930s
TVA: Tennessee Valley Authority, 1930s map
TVA and rural electrification, 1930s
Upper Mississippi River dams, 1930s map
First Low-income Housing, 1930s
Page 8: Difficult Problem
Poverty in America, 1930s
Rural poverty, 1930s
FSA: Farm Security Administration, 1930s
FSA housing, 1930s
Social Security, 1935
Red-lining and bank discrimination, map
Page 9: Unequal Treatment
Segregation, Blacks' Green-Book, 1940s
Urban Blacks, 1940s
Black unemployment, 1940s
Black street life, 1940s
Black pride, 1940s
New Deal assistance for Blacks, 1940s
Page 10: Built for the People
WPA's lasting legacy
WPA airports and stadiums
municipal buildings
WPA schools and libraries
WPA parks and recreation
WPA art and artists
| Page 11: Success or Failure?
New-Deal spending, 1930s
New Deal economic Recovery, 1930s
New Deal family assistance, 1930s
New Deal manufacturing rebound, 1930s
New Deal forests and campgrounds, map
Government stimulus spending, 1930s
Page 12: Changing Mix
Freight, trucks and pipeline, 1929-1950
Track mileage shrinking, 1930s
Ore boats, ore production, 1930s
Freighters and barges, 1930s
Trucking, US highways, 1930s map
First big pipeline, 1942 map
Page 13: Is Democracy a Failure?
Fascism succeeding, 1930s
Nazi dynamism vs American stagnation, 1930s
Communism in America, 1930s
Strikes and urban unrest, 1930s
Hitler's miracle, 1930s
Antisemitism, Austria annexation, 1930s
Page 14: Appeasement Fails
Munich agreement, 1939 map
German-Soviet non-aggression pact, 1939 map
Hitler in Poland, Japan in China, 1939 map
Miracle at Dunkirk, 1940 map
Japan, Italy, Axis powers, 1940 map
Hitler in Paris, Britain isolated, 1940 map
Page 15: Lashing Out
Hitler invades Russia, 1940 map
Battle of Britain, 1940 map
Hitler targets Russian oil, 1941 map
Pearl Harbor attack, 1941 map
Japanese invasion of the Pacific, 1941 map
America joins the war, 1941
| Page 16: Big Job Ahead
Bleak outlook for Allies, 1942 map
U-boat war comes to America, 1942 map
Battle of Moscow, 1942 map
Russian Counterattack, Rommel, 1942 map
Allied bombing, 1942 map
Midway, Guadalcanal, Coral Sea, 1942 map
Page 17: Germany on the Run
Pushing Hitler back, 1943 map
Germans trapped at Stalingrad, 1943 map
Italian Campaign, 1943 map
Concentration and work camps, 1943 map
Bougainville and Tarawa, 1943 map
D-Day invasion, 1944 map
Page 18: Hitler Crushed
Hitler's final days, 1945 map
Allied bombing, 1945 map
Guam, Philippines, China bombing, 1945 map
Fall of Berlin, Hitler suicide, 1945 map
Iwo Jima, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, 1945 map
Final surrender, Iron Curtain, Cold War map
Page 19: Now What?
Railroads fade, corporations recover, 1940s
Wholesalers, chain stores, 1940s
A&P, JC Penney, chain stores, 1940s
Radio, magazine advertising, 1940s
Corporate manufacturing giants, 1940s
Bigger factories, increased efficiency, 1940s
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Technicolor Wizard, Gone with the Wind
Disney, Hollywood, 1940s
Sinatra, Perry Como, Rita Hayworth, 1940s
Theaters, movies, 1940s
Ellington, Fitzgerald, Goodman, Holiday
Country fairs, carnivals, 1940s
Page 21: Fill 'er Up!
Gasoline age, 1940s
Oil, gas, cars, 1940s
Trucks, busses, 1940s
Junkyards, Pennsylvania Turnpike, 1940s
Trans-Atlantic airliners, 1940s
Hindenburg crash, Amelia Earhart, 1940s Page 22: Plenty of Parking
Strip-mall shopping centers, 1940s
Bigger parking lots, 1940s
California-style drive-ins, 1940s
Urban traffic, LA motorcycle cops, 1940s
Lunch counters and automats, 1940s
Southern segregation and stagnation, 1940s
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