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The Great Depression
Riney
US History
Chapter 17 &18
(1929-1939)
Unit Objectives:
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Describe the characteristics of the 1920s stock market
Discuss the causes and effects of the Great Depression
Compare the methods used by Presidents Hoover and Roosevelt in combating the Depression
Explain the worsening situation in the US banking system in the 1930s
Evaluate the effectiveness of the First and Second New Deals
Discuss Roosevelt’s Court-Packing plan and its impact on the relationship between the
branches of government
 Explain the purposes and programs that were part of Roosevelt’s “Relief, Recovery & Reform”
plan
 Discuss the political, economic, and social effects of the New Deal on the US
 Analyze how the New Deal affected Americans attitude toward the role of government in the
US
TEKS:
2(D); 12(A); 15(E); 16(B-E); 19(A,B); 20(B); 21(C); 25(A); 26(D);
Agenda: Complete as assigned. BE PREPARED FOR DAILY QUIZZES. Packet
collected on test day. ALL WORK MUST BE COMPLETE!!:
12/12/14 Friday
Chap 15/16 Test: Roaring 20s
Homework:
Read Chap 17:1
12/15/14 Monday
Write out Chap 17:1 Vocab
Complete Chap 17:1 Reading Guide Questions
Complete “Playing the Stock Market in the 1920s”
Homework:
Read Chap 17:2
12/16/14 Tuesday
Write out Chap 17:2 Vocab
Complete Chap 17:2 Reading Guide Questions
Homework:
Read Chap 17:3
12/17/14 Wednesday
Write out Chap 17:3 Vocab
Complete chap 17:3 Reading Guide Questions
Great Depression Cartoon Analysis
Homework:
Complete any unfinished Chap 17 Assignments
12/18/14 Thursday
Chap 17 Notes
12/19/14 Friday
Chap 17 Notes
Homework for Monday 12/05/15
Read Chap 18:1-2
1/05/15 Monday
Write out Chap 18:1-2 Vocab
Complete Chap 18:1-2 Reading Guide Questions
Homework:
Complete Chap 18:1-2 Assignment
1/06/15 Tuesday
Chap 18 Notes
Homework:
Read Chap 18:3-4
1/07/15 Wednesday
Write out Chap 18:3-4 Vocab
Complete Chap 18:3-4 Reading Guide Questions
Homework:
Complete chap 18-3-4 Assignment
Complete Determining Cause & Effect Relationships
1/08/15 Thursday
Chap 18 Notes
Homework:
Complete all unfinished Chap 17/18 Assignments
1/09/15 Friday
Fall Final Exam Review
1/12/15 Monday
Fall Final Exam Review
Homework:
Study for Final Exam
1/13/15 Tuesday
Fall Final Exam: 4th, 8th pds
1/14/15 Wednesday
Fall Final Exam: 1st, 3rd, 6th pds
Early Release
1/15/15 Thursday
Fall Final Exam: 2nd, 5th, 7th pds
1/16/15 Friday
No School
1/19/15 Monday
No School
1/20/15 Tuesday
Chap 17/18 Review
Homework:
Study for Chap 17/18 Test: The Great Depression and New Deal
1/21/15 Wednesday
Chap 17/18 Test: The Great Depression and New Deal
Homework:
Read Chap 19:1
EXAM SCHEDULE: Fall 2014 – All Students
TUESDAY, JAN. 13
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Reading Guide
VOCABULARY: Terms and Names – Using your own paper, write at least one sentence that
defines term or explains its significance:
** vocabulary words (those in blue) are defined in the glossary. Others, you will have to
define from reading. Make sure you write a complete definition.
Chapter 17: The Great Depression Begins (1929-1932)
Chap 17/Section 1: Causes of the Great Depression (pg 530-534)
Vocabulary:
People to Identify:
1. stock market:
7. Herbert Hoover
2. bull market:
3. margin:
4. margin call:
5. speculation:
6. installment:
Other terms to know from notes/reading (you don’t have to write these out…just know them!):
Black Thursday; Black Tuesday; Hawley-Smoot Tariff
Chap 17/Section 2: Life During the Depression (pg 535-539)
Vocabulary:
People to Identify:
8. bailiff:
14. John Steinbeck and Grapes of Wrath
9. shantytown:
10. “Hooverville”:
11. hobo:
12. Dust Bowl:
13. Soap opera:
Other terms to know from notes/reading (you don’t have to write these out…just know them!):
breadlines; soup kitchens; “okies”
Chap 17/Section 3: Hoover Responds (pg 540-546)
Vocabulary:
15. public works:
16. budget deficit:
17. relief:
18. foreclosed:
Other terms to know from notes/reading (you don’t have to write these out…just know them!):
Hoover Dam; National Credit Corporation (NCC); Reconstruction Finance Corp. (RFC); Bonus Army
Chapter 18: Roosevelt and the New Deal (1933-1939)
Chap 18/Section 1: Roosevelt Takes Office (pg 552-555)
Vocabulary:
People to Identify:
19. gold standard
20. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Other terms to know from notes/reading (you don’t have to write these out…just know them!):
New Deal; Polio; bank holiday
Chap 18/Section 2: The First New Deal (pg 556-562)
Vocabulary:
21. fireside chats:
People to Identify:
22. Eleanor Roosevelt
Other terms to know from notes/reading (you don’t have to write these out…just know them!):
Hundred Days; Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation (FDIC); Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA); National Industrial Recovery Act
(NIRA); National Recovery Administration (NRA); Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC); Civilian
Conservation Corp (CCC); Public Works Administration (PWA); Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA);
Emergency Banking Relief Act;
Chap 18/Section 3: The Second New Deal (pg 564-569)
Vocabulary:
People to Identify:
23. deficit spending:
27. Father Charles Coughlin:
24. binding arbitration:
28. Senator Huey Long:
25. sit-down strike:
29. Dr. Francis Townsend:
26. Social Security Act:
Other terms to know from notes/reading (you don’t have to write these out…just know them!):
American Liberty League; Townsend Plan; Works Progress Administration (WPA); “Share Our
Wealth” programs; “sick chicken case”; National Labor Relations Board: Committee for Industrial
Organization (CIO);
Chap 18/Section 4: The New Deal Coalition (pg 572-577)
Vocabulary:
People to Identify:
30. Broker state:
32. Frances Perkins:
31. Safety Net:
33. John Maynard Keynes
Other terms to know from notes/reading (you don’t have to write these out…just know them!):
National Housing Act; Fair Labor Standards Act; Court Packing Plan; Keynesian Economics
Use your textbook to answer the following questions:
Reading Guide Questions – Answer Completely
Chapter 17: The Great Depression Begins (1929-1932)
Chap 17/Section 1: Causes of the Great Depression (pg 530-534)
1. What convinced many Americans to invest heavily in stocks in the 1920s?
2. How did the practice of buying on margin and speculation cause the stock market to rise?
3. For what reason did stock prices begin to decline in late1929?
4. As the stock market plunged, brokers began making _______________ _________.
5. On Black Tuesday, stocks lost ____________________ in value
6. The stock market crash undermined the economy’s ability
to______________________________________________________.
7. In what two ways did the stock market crash weaken the nation’s banks?
8. What happened to a customer’s money if a bank collapsed in this era?
9. Explain in great detail how banks make money and what causes them to collapse.
10. The top _______ of all American households earned _______ of the nation’s income. Most
Americans had little ____________________ income.
11. What was the effect of “credit purchases” in the 1920s?
12. How did high tariffs undermine the 1920s economy?
13. Explain how a mistake by the Federal Reserve Board contributed to the Great Depression (explain
in full!!!)
Chap 17/Section 2: Life During the Depression (pg 535-539)
14. List at least 4 EFFECTS of the Great Depression.
15. Explain what caused the Dust Bowl conditions on the Great Plains.
16. Why did “Okies” migrate to California and what happened when they got there?
17. List several ways that people sought to forget about the Depression.
Chap 17/Section 3: Hoover Responds (pg 540-546)
18. Read Hoover Dam pg 540-541. What were the benefits of the Hoover Dam Project?
19. Pres. Hoover considered increasing public works projects to ease unemployment. He was
reluctant to do so though, because in order to pay for them, two options were available. What was
the problem with these options?
a. Raise taxes:
b. Deficit spending:
20. In an attempt to stimulate the economy, Pres. Hoover convinced Congress to establish the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC). What was its function?
21. Why did Hoover oppose the federal government’s participation in relief?
22. List the series of events that caused nearly one million farmers to lose their farms between 19301934.
23. How did some farmers try to raise crop prices?
24. For what reason did WWI Veterans organize into what became known as the “Bonus Army”?
25. In a very controversial move, Hoover ordered the Bonus Army cleared from the streets of
Washington. How was this accomplished?
26. Hoover did not solve the crisis of the Depression, but what did he do?
Chapter 18: Roosevelt and the New Deal (1933-1939)
Chap 18/Section 1: Roosevelt Takes Office (pg 552-555)
27. How did FDR's attitude contrast with Hoover's?
28. FDR's election led to an increase in bank runs. This is because people feared he would abandon
the Gold Standard. Why was that an issue?
29. What did FDR say to the American people in his inaugural address?
Chap 18/Section 2: The First New Deal (pg 556-562)
30. Roosevelt pushed for the Emergency Banking Relief Act. How did this help to restore public
confidence in the banking system?
31. Through what means did Roosevelt communicate with the American people?_________________
32. To restore confidence in the stock market, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was
formed. What was its function?
33. To further restore confidence in the banking system, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
was created. What was it’s function?
34. What New Deal Programs helped farmers and homeowners?
35. What 3 New Deal programs provided work relief to the unemployed?
36. How did the various New Deal agencies change the historical role of the Federal Government?
Chap 18/Section 3: The Second New Deal (pg 564-569)
37. Many business leaders and other right wing critics were critical of Roosevelt’s increased business
regulation, tax increases and deficit spending. What organization did they form in 1934 to oppose
FDR’s New Deal?
38. Some left-wing critics didn’t think FDR went far enough and wanted the gov’t to intervene even
more into the economy to shift the wealth from rich to middle class and poor Americans. Contrast
the ideas of the following left wing critics: Father Charles Coughlin, Senator Huey Long, and Dr.
Francis Townsend.
Long:
Coughlin:
Townsend:
39. What was the result of the WPA?
40. How did the Supreme Court challenge the New Deal?
41. How did the Social Security Act protect workers?
42. Read "Role of Federal Govt" pg 570-1. What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?
Chap 18/Section 4: The New Deal Coalition (pg 572-577)
43. The Core of the Democratic Party changed in the New Deal Era. Because of New Deal programs,
the Democrats gained additional supporters. List the groups that became the core of the
Democratic Party.
44. Explain FDR's Court-Packing Plan and how it was received?
45. How did the New Deal change the way many people view govt?
46. What caused the recession in 1937 and how did Keynesian economics explain this recession?
47. What groups did FDR's last New Deal programs try to help?