The Great Depression and The New Deal Study Guide
The Great Depression and The New Deal Study Guide
The Great Depression and The New Deal Study Guide
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Depression</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>New</strong> <strong>Deal</strong> <strong>Study</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> Definitions: Define the following people, places <strong>and</strong> thins. Use your <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Depression</strong> Quick Notes <strong>and</strong> <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Depression</strong> Vocabulary. Black Tuesday-‐ Herbert Hoover-‐ Dust Bowl-‐ Soup Kitchen-‐ Franklin D. Roosevelt-‐ Eleanor Roosevelt-‐ <strong>New</strong> <strong>Deal</strong>-‐ Unemployment-‐ Hoovervilles-‐
Fill in the Blank: Fill in the correct words below. Use the word bank provided. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Depression</strong> lasted from . During this time, the was very poor. Many <strong>and</strong> businesses failed. Millions of Americans were , meaning they had no job. Some effects of the <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Depression</strong> were <strong>and</strong> hunger. Many Americans lived in , or rundown shantytowns. In , FDR was elected President. He promised that his plan, the would bring America out of the <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Depression</strong>. <strong>The</strong> <strong>New</strong> <strong>Deal</strong> was a series of programs designed to give people jobs <strong>and</strong> support. Word Bank unemployed 1929-‐1941 <strong>New</strong> <strong>Deal</strong> government 1932 banks homelessness economy Hoovervilles Questions: Use your Quick Notes to answer the following questions. What happens to stock prices when there are more sellers? What percentage of Americans were unemployed during the <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Depression</strong>? Why did banks fail in 1929?
Who was president when the <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Depression</strong> began? What was the major purpose of the federal work programs of the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Deal</strong>? What was the purpose of the Social Security Administration? <strong>New</strong> <strong>Deal</strong> Programs: Provide the definition of each <strong>New</strong> <strong>Deal</strong> Program. Social Security Adminstration (SSA)-‐ Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)-‐ Securities Exchange Commission (SEC)-‐ Federal Deposit Insurance Corportation (FDIC)-‐ Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)-‐ Causes of the <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Depression</strong>: G-‐ O-‐ B-‐
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