Name: _________________________________________________ Per: ________
Chapter 7: The Great Depression and World War II
1.
Explain in your own words what happened that led to Black Tuesday.
2.
What are three factors that led to the Great Depression according to scholars?
1.
2.
3.
3.
Because many people lost their jobs and could not afford to stay in their homes,
they moved into homeless housing developments called ______________________
4.
What are three reasons why people moved West?
1.
2.
3.
5. Who did many Americans blame for the depression? Who did the country
choose as their new president?
6. Compare and contrast the Civilian Conservation Corps and Works Progress
Administration. What kind of jobs did they provide? Who did they help? How did
they help people?
CCC
WPA
7. What are two projects in King County that are a result of the WPA?
8. Why was the Columbia Basin Reclamation Project approved?
9. What was a benefit(s) of the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam? What was a
cost (negative consequence) of building it?
Benefit
Cost
10. Complete the flow chart for the labor unions
Workers felt
new deal did
not help
workers
enough
Congress passed
___________________________
Fueled conflict between
Explain the conflict between the two groups
___________________
and
_________________
11. How did John Collier change the way the government treated Native
Americans? Explain.
12. While Adolf Hitler killed millions of Jews in Germany, the United States
stayed out of WWII for a while until what event?
13. What are three ways that WWII helped end the Great
Depression in Washington State?
1.
2.
3.
14. Why was Hanford chosen as a research site for the Manhattan Project?
15. Why were Japanese Americans relocated after
Pearl Harbor?
16. How did President Truman end the war with Japan?
17. For each of the following groups of people, explain how they were impacted by
the war.
African-Americans
Mexicans
Women