Study
Guide - Unit Twelve: The Great Depression
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Due Date |
Assignment |
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Thurs.,
Mar. 9 |
1.
Read p. 642 – 649 2.
Answer questions 1 – 3 |
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Fri.,
Mar. 10 |
1.
Read p. 650 - 659 2.
Answer questions 4 - 6 |
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Mon.,
Mar. 13 |
1.
Read p. 664 – 670 2.
Read FDR’s First Inaugural Address 3.
Use the reading and p. 675 to fill out the first side of the New Deal chart 4.
Answer questions 7 - 11 |
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Tues.,
Mar. 14 |
1.
Read p. 677 – 682 2.
Read the handout about women in the Depression 3.
Answer questions 12 – 15 4.
Finish filling out the New Deal Chart |
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Weds.,
Mar. 15 |
1.
Read p. 683 – 693 2.
Answer questions 16 - 18 |
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Thurs.,
Mar. 16 |
Review
for the Test |
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Fri.,
Mar. 17 |
Test |
Reading Questions
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1. |
Summarize the problems
threatening the American economy in the late 1920s. |
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2. |
Describe the causes of the
stock market crash in October, 1929. |
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3. |
What are all the causes mentioned in the chapter
for the Great Depression. |
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4. |
Summarize the Great Depression’s effects on the
following groups: city-dwellers, African Americans, Latino Americans,
farmers, families, women, and children |
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5. |
Explain |
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6. |
Describe the measures that
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7. |
After reading FDR’s First
Inaugural Address, highlight the lines in his speech that indicate what his
approach will be for dealing with the crisis.
Also, highlight the lines that might have made his opponents concerned
about his approach. |
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8. |
Summarize
the steps FDR took early in his presidency to reform banking and
finance. |
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9. |
Describe the New Deal
programs that provided relief to farmers and other workers. |
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10. |
What happened when the Supreme
Court struck down the NIRA and the AAA? |
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11. |
What criticisms did the
American Liberty League, Father Coughlin, Dr. Francis Townshend, and Huey
Long have of FDR and the New Deal? Be sure you know who each of these
people/groups were. |
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12. |
Make a chart summarizing
the problems that each of the following groups faced during the Depression
and then with a separate column, summarize the laws that were passed and
agencies established to deal with these problems: 1) farmers, sharecroppers,
and migrant workers, 2) teachers, writers, artists, actors, and musicians 3)
students and young people 4) all workers, including the unemployed 5) retired
workers and the disabled, elderly, and dependent mothers and children |
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13. |
After reading about
“Women’s Roles in the Depression,” explain how did the New Deal affect women? |
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14. |
What were |
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15. |
What groups made up the
New Deal Coalition? Be able to explain
why each group supported the Democrats. |
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16. |
For the following
categories, identify three important examples and their contributions:
movies, artists, and works of literature. |
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17. |
Summarize the opinions on
the effectiveness of the New Deal. |
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18. |
Make a chart and list the
effects and legacy of the New Deal for the following three categories:
political, economic, and cultural/social effects. |
Identifications
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1. |
Price
supports |
21. |
Federal Securities Act |
41. |
Wagner
Act |
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2. |
Herbert
Hoover |
22. |
Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) |
42. |
Fair
Labor Standards Act |
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3. |
Alfred
E. Smith |
23. |
Agricultural Adjustment
Act (AAA) |
43. |
Social
Security Act |
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4. |
Speculation |
24. |
Civilian Conservation
Corps (CCC) |
44. |
Rural
Electrification Administration |
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5. |
Buying
on margin |
25. |
Federal Emergency Relief
Administration (FERA) |
45. |
Frances
Perkins |
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6. |
Black Tuesday
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26. |
Public Works
Administration (PWA)
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46. |
Mary
McLeod Bethune |
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7. |
Hawley-Smoot
Tariff
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27. |
National Industrial
Recovery Act (NIRA) |
47. |
A.
Philip Randolph |
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8. |
Dust Bowl
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28. |
National Recovery
Administration (NRA) |
48. |
Black
Cabinet |
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9. |
Direct relief |
29. |
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49. |
Indian
Reorganization Act
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10. |
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30. |
Federal Housing
Administration (FHA) |
50. |
New
Deal Coalition
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11. |
Federal Home Loan bank Act |
31. |
Court-packing plan |
51. |
American
Federation of Labor
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12. |
Reconstruction Finance
Corporation (RFC) |
32. |
American |
52. |
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13. |
Bonus Army |
33. |
Father
Coughlin |
53. |
Marx
Brothers
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14. |
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34. |
Francis
Townsend |
54. |
Frank
Capra
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15. |
New Deal |
35. |
Huey Long |
55. |
Orson
Welles
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16. |
First 100 Days |
36. |
Eleanor
Roosevelt |
56. |
Federal
Art Project
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17. |
Bank Holiday |
37. |
Election
of 1936 |
57. |
Grant
Wood
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18. |
Fireside chats |
38. |
Second
New Deal |
58. |
Edward
Hopper
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19. |
Glass-Steagall Banking Act |
39. |
Works
Progress Administration (WPA) |
59. |
Richard
Wright
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20. |
Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation (FDIC) |
40. |
National
Youth Administration (NYA) |
60. |
John
Steinbeck |
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61. |
Deficit
spending |
Questions
and Themes for Unit Twelve: The Great Depression
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The causes of the Great Depression
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The impact of the Great Depression and the American
economy and on individual groups such as farmers, women and families, blacks,
and Hispanics; how did the Depression and New Deal change the social fabric of
the country
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The
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The basic purposes and programs of the First New
Deal; how the Second New Deal compares to the First
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Criticisms and opponents to the New Deal
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The impact of FDR on American politics
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The victories and defeats of organized labor during
the Great Depression
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The legacy of the New Deal on American society