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Introductory Essay

The Great Depression

The Great Depression in Tennessee

United States Homefront During World War II

 

 

Mini-Essays

The Dust Bowl

The Bonus Army

Hoovervilles

Elizabethton, TN Rayon Plants Strikes

Alphabet Soup (Tennessee Valley Authority)

"Happy Days Are Here Again": The Song that Launched FDR's Presidency

FDR & New Deal Political Cartoons

Japanese Internment

Rosie the Riveter