Newton South High School
US History 431
Mr. Stein
Depression and New Deal Study Guide
This study guide is to help you prepare for the exam but does not include everything
you will be tested on. You should review your notes from class discussion and
primary sources and homework answers.
Chapter 21.1 (p. 702 – 708)
Terms and People
Herbert Hoover
speculation
Black Tuesday
business cycle
Great Depression
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
Questions to Consider
1. What were some factors that led to Hoover becoming President?
2. What led to problems in the agricultural sector of America?
3. What were some factors that led to an unfair wealth distribution in the US? How did this play a part in
leading to the Depression?
4. What was the problem with easy credit in the US? How that play a part in leading to the Depression?
5. What factors led to the stock market crash? How much money was lost?
6. What led to the collapse of the banks?
7. How high did unemployment get in the US during the Depression?
8. How did the Hawley-Smoot tariff add to the problems leading to the Depression?
Chapter 21.3 (p. 720 – 724)
Terms and People
Localism
Hoover Dam
Bonus Army
RFC
Hooverville
Questions to Consider
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What was Hoover’s plan of volunteerism?
Why was volunteerism unsuccessful?
What was the goal of Hoover’s RFC? How did trickle down economics apply to his policies?
What were some of the radical responses and beliefs in how to deal with the Depression?
Who made up the Bonus Army? How did this help create a negative image of Hoover?
Chapter 22.1 (p. 732 – 739)
Terms and People
Eleanor Roosevelt
TVA
Charles Coughlin
Francis Townsend
fireside chat
PWA
Huey Long
Questions to Consider (Chapter 22.1)
1. What were some of the details of Franklin Roosevelt’s background before he became President?
2. On what issues did FDR and Hoover campaign on in 1932?
3. Who made up the “Brain Trust” and how did the influence FDR’s New Deal?
4. What was the Emergency Banking Bill accomplish? How did FDR use the radio to help achieve his
goals?
5. How did FDR reform the financial system?
6. How did the AAA deal with the plight of the American farmers?
7. What was the TVA and did it achieve its goals?
8. What was the CCC’s mission? What were some of the other “Alphabet Soup” programs mentioned in
this section?
9. Who were some of the main oppistion voices to the New Deal. What were the criticisms of FDR’s
policies?
The Dust Bowl (p. 714 – 715 & 725)_
1. Also make sure to review the Dust Bowl Worksheet answers we did in class
Chapter 22.2 (p. 740 – 747)
Terms and People
Second New Deal
WPA
John Maynard Keynes
pump priming
Social Security Act
collective bargaining
Fair Labor Standards Act
CIO
sit-down strikes
Wagner Act
Questions to Consider
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What was the main scope of the Second New Deal as compared to the first?
What did the WPA do? How did Keynesian economics and pump priming apply to this?
What were the main parts of the Social Security Act?
How did the REA help the lives of farmers?
What were the several acts that changed labor laws in the US under the 2 nd New Deal?
How did the Supreme Court challenge FDR’s New Deal?
What was the “Court Packing” plan? Was it successful?
Why was FDR’s second term not as successful as the first?
Chapter 22.3 (p. 748 – 757)
Terms and People
Black Cabinet
Indian New Deal
welfare state
Mary McLeod Bethune
New Deal Coalition
Questions to Consider
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How did Eleanor Roosevelt and other women help lead the New Deal?
What advancement and challenges did African-Americans face during the New Deal?
How did the New Deal affect the Native American in the US?
What was the New Deal coaltion? How did this affect American politics well into the future?
In what four areas did the New Deal expand the role of government? How did it achieve this in those areas?