5 10 the great depression its impact and americas reaction

THE GREAT DEPRESSION Fascinating Facts • After Roosevelt’s election, Charles Edison, president of Thomas A Edison, Inc., posted this notice: “President Roosevelt has done his part; now you something It doesn’t matter what you do—but get going and keep going This old world is starting to move.” • During his first one hundred days in office, Roosevelt introduced fifteen major laws, gave fifteen messages to Congress, and held press conferences and cabinet meetings twice a week • More than million young men worked in the Civilian Conservation Corps More than 100,000 of the men learned to read and write Genre Nonfiction Comprehension Skill Summarize Its Impact and America’s Reaction Text Features • Captions • Glossary Scott Foresman Social Studies ISBN 0-328-14908-X ì