The stock market helped trigger the Great Depression.
The main purpose of the public works program was to improve the appearance of the cities.
During the Depression many people were evicted because they could not pay rent.
The New Deal was President’s Hoovers program to limit power of government.
Older people collect pensions from their jobs once they retire.
Factories laid off workers because people were not buying goods.
Stock prices were up during the great Depression.
Banks stopped making loans.
The Social Security Act was passed in 1929.
The government build schools and post offices.
Hoover was responsible for the New Deal.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the people’s choice for president in the 1932 election.