The Election of 1928 Herbert Hoover: The Engineer as Candidate
From the Sidewalks of NY: Al Smith
Smith’s Political Weakness
Hoover Versus Smith: the 1928 Campaign
The Smith Response to Hoover
A Landslide for Hoover
Hoover Takes Office
The Stock Market Crash of 1929 The Crash Occurs
Causes of the Stock Market Crash
Playing the Market: Margin Buying and Investment Trusts
The Impact of the Crash
Domestic Issues for Hoover
The Deepening Depression
Hoover’s Programs to Fight the Depression The Persistence of Unemployment
Everyday Life During the Depression
Economics and Technology: Distress on the Farm in the Great Depression
Mass Culture During the Depression
Off to the Movies
Economics and Technology: A Bank Fails
A Darkening World A Challenge to the League of Nations
Germany Moves Toward the Nazis
A Political Opportunity for the Democrats The Democrats in Congress
The Rise of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt’s Illness and Political Comeback
The Roosevelt Appeal
The Struggle for the Nomination
A New Deal
The Economy in Distress
The Bonus March
A Violent Climax to the Bonus March
The 1932 Election
Roosevelt’s Campaign
Hoover Defeated
Roosevelt and Hoover
The Banking System Nears Collapse
A Spreading Sense of Crisis
Conclusions: Suggested Readings:
Chapter Essay Questions:
1. What are some lessons that the “Great Depression” has taught you personally?
