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Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
"Between 1929 and 1945, two great travails were visited upon the American people: the Great Depression and World War II. In a single volume the author tells how America endured, and eventually prevailed, in the face of those unprecedented calamities. He demonstrates that the economic crisis of the 1930s was more than a reaction to the excesses of the 1920s. For more than a century before the Crash, America's unbridled industrial revolution had gyrated...
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Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
In 1932, at the peak of the Great Depression, 13 million Americans were without jobs. Once full of prosperity and abundance, America had become a land of failing banks, factory strikes, and homeless families. Then, with the 1933 presidential election of Franklin D. Roosevelt and his offer of a new deal for the American people, the country began to feel hope again. Author R. Conrad Stein examines FDR's presidency, the sweeping changes he initiated,...
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, A Division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Description
An exploration of the New Deal era highlights the politicians and pundits of the time, many of whom advocated for questionable positions, including separation of the races and an American dictatorship.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
It's difficult today to imagine how America survived the Great Depression--only through the stories of the common people who struggled during that era can we really understand it. These people are at the heart of this reinterpretation of one of the most crucial events of the twentieth century. Author Shlaes presents the neglected and moving stories of individual Americans, and shows how through brave leadership they helped establish the steadfast...
Author
Publisher
Independent Institute
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Lauded for his New Deal policies and leadership as a wartime president, Franklin D. Roosevelt's reputation enjoys regular acclaim. In his own time too, Roosevelt was described as a comforting and competent hero who authored the Four Freedoms, wrote the Fair Employment Act, and helped America's "forgotten man" with groundbreaking welfare programs. Indeed, in the twenty-four most respected polls of scholars since 1948, Roosevelt consistently finds...
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Series
Publisher
Nomad Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In The Great Depression: Experience the 1930s From the Dust Bowl to the New Deal, readers ages 12 to 15 investigate the causes, duration, and outcome of the Great Depression, the period of time when more than 20 percent of Americans were unemployed. They discover how people coped, what new inventions came about, and how the economics of the country affected the arts, sciences, and politics of the times. The decade saw the inauguration of many social...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Taming the Street tells the epic story of the FDR's battle to regulate Wall Street for the very first time in the wake of the Crash of 1929 that ushered in the Great Depression. Deeply reported and vividly told, it provides a trip back to a time when thepower of concentrated wealth in America arguably exceeded that of the federal government. Roosevelt's campaign to curb the excesses of the market, end reckless speculation, and mitigate the disastrous...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"When Franklin Roosevelt defeated Herbert Hoover in the 1932 election, they represented not only different political parties but vastly different approaches to the question of the day: How could the nation recover from the Great Depression? As historian Eric Rauchway shows in Winter War, FDR laid out coherent, far-ranging plans for the New Deal in the months prior to his inauguration. Meanwhile, still-President Hoover, worried about FDR's abilities...
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Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Discover the incredible life of Frances Perkins, the first woman to serve in a presidential cabinet and the mastermind behind Franklin D. Roosevelts New Deal, in this fascinating picture book biography thats perfect for fans of I Dissent. Most people know about President FDR, but do you know the woman who created his groundbreaking New Deal? As a young girl, Frances Perkins was very shy and quiet. But her grandmother encouraged Frances to always challenge...
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Publisher
Wonderscape Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
How did the Great Depression begin? What happened in the United States during the Great Depression? What was the New Deal? How did the Great Depression end? The answers to all of these questions are covered with detailed graphics, diagrams, and exciting video, as well as on-screen, multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment to reinforce important concepts and make learning fun.
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
A memoir from a schoolteacher of growing up in the heart of the Midwest during the Great Depression describes life on an Iowa farm during a time of endless work, resourcefulness, no tolerance for idleness or waste, family, and kinship.
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