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Page 1: The Party's Over
Depression and WW2, 1930s-40s
Stock Market Crash, 1929
Hoover and Roosevelt, 1930s
Page 2: Before the Crash
Lindbergh, Babe Ruth, Empire State, 1929
Prices and production, 1920s
Manufacturing, 1920s
Page 3: Delayed Reaction
Rebound before the plunge, 1930
Renewed Decline, 1932
Depth of the Depression, 1933
Page 4: Prosperity Ends
Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1930s
Unemployment, soup kitchens, 1930s
Farm foreclosures and auctions, 1930s
Page 5: Big Government
Roosevelt's New Deal, 1930s
Banks close and reopen, 1931
CCC: Civilian Conservation Corps, 1930s
Page 6: Hitting the Ground Running
CCC creating jobs, 1930s
CCC and parks, 1930s
CCC roads and power lines, 1930s
| Page 7: More Jobs
WPA: Works Progress Administration, 1930s
WPA: Concrete and Hoover Dam, 1930s
TVA: Tennessee Valley Authority, 1930s map
Page 8: Difficult Problem
Poverty in America, 1930s
Rural poverty, 1930s
Social Security, 1935
Page 9: Unequal Treatment
Segregation, Blacks' Green-Book, 1940s
Urban Blacks, 1940s
Black unemployment, 1940s
Page 10: Built for the People
WPA's lasting legacy
WPA airports and stadiums
WPA schools and libraries
Page 11: Success or Failure?
New-Deal spending, 1930s
New Deal economic Recovery, 1930s
New Deal manufacturing rebound, 1930s
Page 12: Changing Mix
Rail, shipping, trucks and pipeline, 1930-1950
Railroads in decline, 1930sShrinking
Trucking and US highways, 1930s map
| Page 13: Is Democracy a Failure?
Fascism succeeding, 1930s
Nazi dynamism vs American stagnation, 1930s
Communism in America, 1930s
Page 14: Appeasement Fails
World War 2, appeasement fails, 1939 map
German-Soviet non-aggression pact, 1939 map
Hitler's rampage, 1940
Page 15: Lashing Out
Hitler invades Russia, 1940 map
Battle of Britain, 1940 map
Hitler targets Russian oil, 1941 map
Page 16: Day of Infamy
Pearl Harbor attack, 1941 map
Midway, Guadalcanal, Coral Sea, 1942 map
Concentration and work camps, 1943 map
Page 17: Big Job Ahead
Allies bleak outlook, 1942 map
U-boat war comes to America, 1942 map
Russian Counterattack, Rommel, 1942 map
Page 18: Germany on the Run
Hitler defeat at Stalingrad, 1943 map
Italian Campaign, 1943 map
D-Day invasion, 1944 map
| Page 19: Hitler Crushed
Hitler's final days, 1945 map
Allied bombing, 1945 map
Guam, Philippines, China bombing, 1945 map
Page 20: Game Over
Fall of Berlin, Hitler suicide, 1945 map
Iwo Jima, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, 1945 map
Final surrender, Iron Curtain, Cold War map
Page 21: Now What?
Railroads and corporations, 1940s
A&P, JC Penney and chain stores, 1940s
Manufacturing corporate giants, 1940s
Page 22: Better than Ever
Wizard of Oz, Gone with the Wind
Disney and Hollywood, 1940s
Sinatra, Perry Como and Rita Hayworth, 1940s
Page 23: Fill 'er Up!
Gasoline Age, 1940s
Oil, gas and cars, 1940s
Cars, junkyards, Pennsylvania Turnpike, 1940s Page 24: Plenty of Parking
Strip mall shopping centers, 1940s
Bigger parking lots, 1940s
California-style drive-ins, 1940s |
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