images of the Great Depression remain firmly etched in the American psyche: breadlines, soup kitchens, tin-can shanties and tar-paper shacks known as "Hoovervilles," penniless men and women selling apples on street corners, and gray battalions of Arkies and Okies packed into Model A Fords heading to California.
The American Experience | The Duel | The Burr Conspiracy - 0 views
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Burr conspiracy
Webster's Great Speeches - 0 views
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"Webster's first notable public address, given in celebration of the Fourth of July. Webster was invited to address the public by the town of Hanover while still a Dartmouth student of only 18 years of age. "
The Power of Concentration - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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cognitive benefits of even small practices of mindfulness
Looking for America - NYTimes.com - 0 views
Morning Edition : NPR - 0 views
Digital History: 1930s The Human Toll - 0 views
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12 1/2 million in 1932.
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a quarter of the nation's families did not have a single employed wage earner.
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great Depression, human toll, - 0 views
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includes description of [sewer] pipe city in Oakland Ca
Digital History The Dispossessed 1930s - 0 views
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70 percent of Charleston's black population was unemployed
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salt pork, hominy grits, corn bread, and molasses. Income averaged less than a dollar a day.
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In Chicago, 70 percent of all black families earned less than a $1,000
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"70 percent of Charleston's black population was unemployed"
Digital History: Herbert Hoover 1930s - 0 views
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When President Herbert Hoover took office, the unemployment rate was 4.4 percent. When he left office, it was 23.6 percent.
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Hoover’s efforts in providing relief during and after World War I saved millions of Europeans, including Germans and Russians, from starvation and made him an international hero
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Hoover was a proponent of "rugged individualism."
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Digital History: FDR 1930s - 0 views
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No fewer than 16 of his ancestors had come over on the Mayflower
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assistant secretary of the Navy in 1913
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"If you had spent two years in bed trying to wiggle your toe," he later declared, "after that anything would seem easy."
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"No fewer than 16 of his ancestors had come over on the Mayflower"
Digital History: 1932 Bonus Army - 0 views
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20,000 World War I veterans and their families marched on Washington
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The proposal was to pay veterans $1 for each day served in the United States and $1.25 for every day overseas.
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resident Hoover called on the Army to "put an end to rioting and defiance of authority."
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Social Security - 0 views
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documentary 50 mins from US SSA
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