The Great Depression &
The New Deal
Chapters 22 & 23
Study for test!
Chapters 17&18
STARTER: Thursday, November 30
Read pages 618-619 and answer the three
questions below:
• What was Roosevelt’s “Black Cabinet? What
did it do?
• Why didn’t Roosevelt support full civil rights
for African Americans?
• How did New Deal policies affect Native
Americans?
Read “Historical Spotlight: Deportation of
Mexican Americans” on page 712 and answer
the question below:
• Why do you think Mexican Americans were
met with hostility during the Depression?
GROUP 3
Writers
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Radio Stars
Writers
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Painters
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Movie Stars
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1930-1939 Video
What was the Bonus Army?
What happened during Roosevelt’s first 100 days?
How did Hitler violate the Treaty of Versailles?
What was FDR’s stance on the war when World
War II began in Europe?
5. What was life like in the cities during the Great
Depression?
6. What segments of the population supported the
President’s plan to get us out of the Great
Depression?
7. What did the CCC do?
8. What was the Dust Bowl?
9. What group was most effected by the Great
Depression? Why?
10. Who was John L. Lewis?
11. What games were played during the 30s?
12. How did Jesse Owens upset Hitler’s hopes for the
1936 Olympics?
13. Who was the first woman appointed to the
cabinet?
14. What was the cause of the “crime crack down” of
the 1930s?
15. Who was the most famous woman of the 1930s?
Why?
16. What was the newsreel?
17. What was public reaction to “The War of the
Worlds”?
18. Who was the most famous aviator of the 30s?
19. What did the Public Works Administration do?
20. What was the dance craze of the 30s?
4/23
• Test Corrections
– Correct Answer
– Why it is correct
Starter
• Read Causes of the Great Depression on
pages 572-573
– Answer Two questions
• Read Effects of the Great Depression on
page 579
– Answer two questions
If you were absent on Friday,
Turn in your
Great Depression/ New Deal Packet.
It will not be accepted after 11:15
Starter
• Imagine that I gave the class $1,000.
Then we drove to Raleigh to eat at the
Cheesecake Factory.
• What would you buy to eat?
• How would the restaurant respond to us
coming?
Starter
• Read “The First 100 Days” along the
bottoms of pages 602 and 603
– Answer the two Questions
Starter
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Objectives
• 9.01 Elaborate on the cycle of economic
boom and bust in the 1920's and 1930's.
The Great Depression &
The New Deal
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Great Depression New Deal Vocabulary
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Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Speculation
Black Tuesday
Business cycle
Great Depression
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
John M Keynes
Destitution
Breadline
Hoovervilles
Cesar Chavez
Dust Bowl
Okies
Depression
Repatriation
Localsim
Trickledown economics
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Douglas Macarthur
John Steinbeck
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New Deal
Fireside chats
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Social Security Act
Wagner Act
Collective Bargaining
Fair Labor Standards Act
Black Deal
Indian New Deal
New Deal Coalition
Welfare State
Federal Art Project
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Assessment Sheet
Vocabulary
“What Would You Do?”
Chapter 17, Section 1 Questions
Chapter 17, Section 2 Chart
Chapter 17, Section 3 Questions
If you are finished, put this work in the basket
If not, this is homework!
STOP!
You’re done!
“What Would You Do?”
It is 1929 and the U.S. economy has
collapsed. Farms, businesses, and banks
nationwide are failing, causing massive
unemployment and poverty. You are out
of work with little prospect of finding a
job.
• What would you do to feed your family?
• What can you do to find a paying job?
• What can unemployed and impoverished
people do to help each other?
Causes of the Depression
Chapter 17, Section 1
(Write the question & the answer!)
1. 1. What is meant by a “bull market”?
2. 2. What advantage did Hoover have over Smith in
the Presidential election of 1928?
3. Why did the farming industry grow weak?
4. How did the uneven distribution of income
create economic problems?
5. Why did more Americans start living on credit?
6. Explain what is meant by buying stocks on
“speculation” and “buying on margin”.
7. What did shareowners do with their stocks in
September/October of 1929?
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8. What was Black Tuesday?
6. Explain what is meant by buying stocks on
“speculation” and “buying on margin”.
7. What did shareowners do with their stocks in
September/October of 1929?
8. What was Black Tuesday?
9. Why did banks fail after the stock market crash?
10. Why did key basic industries lose business?
11. What was the Hawley Smoot Tariff and how did
other countries respond?
12. Why did the Great Depression impact Europe as
well?
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17, Section 2
Complete the chart, describing the
hardships faced during the Great
Depression (detailed descriptions)
HARDSHIP
Life in the Cities
DESCRIPTION
The Dust Bowl
Men
Women and children
Minorities
Social/Psychological
Effects
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Chapter 17, Section 3
Write the questions and the answers
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What did Hoover believe was the government’s
chief function during the Depression?
Why did Hoover oppose federal welfare?
What were some of the projects Hoover proposed
to get the nation out of the Depression? How
effective were they?
Name ways Americans protested Hoover’s efforts
to get the nation out of the Depression.
What did Hoover ultimately do about the Bonus
Army?
Stop!
STOP WORKING ON THE QUESTIONS
Watch the video “Broke, but not Broken” &
answer these questions
1. What choices did Ann Marie Low’s family
make during the Depression? Do you agree
with their choices? Explain.
2. What did you learn about the relationship
between the government & farmers?
3. What did the older Ann Marie Low’s
comments add to your understanding of the
Great Depression?
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Starter 11/16
• Imagine that you have been elected
president of the US in 1932
• Create a plan to address one of the major
economic and social issues facing the
country
• Test will be tomorrow. It is in your best
interest that it is.
Why did key basic industries lose
business?
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Older industries gave way to the industries
of new technologies
Example: the railroad industry (and those
industries associated with it) gave way to the
automobile industry
The end of the war led to the decrease in
business for some industries
New sources of energy replaced old sources
of energy
• Answers to packet
1. What is meant by a “bull
market”?
A period of rising stock prices
Americans were rushing to
buy stocks during a “bull
market”
2. What advantages did Hoover
have over Smith in the Presidential
election of 1928?
• Experience in Public
Service
– head of the Food
Administration,
– Secretary of Commerce
• The success of the
previous Republican
administrations
3. Why did the farming industry
grow weak?
• End of the war led to less demand for crops
• Farmers had taken out loans during the war
and when demand fell and crop prices fell,
farmers went in debt
• Farms were lost and they defaulted on their
loan
The coal mining industry also
suffered!
New sources of energy were
used, including
hydroelectric power, fuel
oil, and natural gas
replaced coal
4. How did the uneven
distribution of income create
economic problems?
Many people could not afford
expensive goods, such as
refrigerators
5. Why did more Americans start
living on credit?
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People were buying less due to high prices,
stagnant wages, an uneven distribution of
income, and overbuying on credit
People lived on credit so they could have
new items.
When you purchased items on credit, you
would have to pay interest charges
People went into debt
6. Explain what is meant by buying
stocks on “speculation” and “buying
on margin”.
Speculation: Buying a stock/bond on the hopes of
a quick return (profit) on your investment
Buying on Margin: paying only a small percentage
of what the stock is worth; or, only putting a
down payment down on the stock & borrowing
the rest
• Very little regulation of the stock market
existed & the government did not interfere
7. What did shareowners do with
their stocks in
September/October of 1929?
They sold them as quickly as they
could because they suspected
the stock market would crash
8. What was Black Tuesday?
• The day (October 29, 1929)
the stock market crashed
• 16.4 million shares were
dropped that day & many
could not find buyers
• People who had bought stocks
were either left in debt or their
savings were gone
• Within a few weeks, $30
billion was lost buy investors8.
9. Why did banks fail after the stock
market crash?
Many banks failed because they had no
money… they had used people’s
money to invest in the stock market as
well!
At this time, the government had not
started to protect & insure the money
in the banks
10. Why did key basic
industries lose business?
• Businesses laid off employees and
reduced production
• The increased number of unemployed led
to a decrease in consumer spending
• Less consumer spending contributed to
more lay offs
Causes of the Depression
Demand
drops.
In order to
stay in business
companies cut
wages
People lose their
confidence &
start saving their
money
Fewer goods
are sold.
People lose
their jobs.
The Spiral
Of
Depression
Even more people
Lose their confidence
And spend less money
Demand
drops even
further.
Companies are
forced to cut costs
by laying people off
11. What was the Hawley
Smoot Tariff and how did other
countries respond?
• Tax on imports that raised prices on
foreign goods so that they could not
compete with American goods
• In retaliation other European countries
created similar tariffs that harmed
American business
12. Why did the Great Depression impact
Europe as well?
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Europe was still trying to recover from the
war
Many nations were trying to pay off war
debts & Germany was paying reparations
America limited imports to protect its
economy (Hawley-Smoot Tariff)
In return, other nations did not buy our
products
HARDSHIP
DESCRIPTION
Life in the
Cities
Unemployment; Homelessness; Shanytowns
created; Hunger led to soup kitchen & bread lines;
Higher unemployment for African Americans &
Latinos (in addition to violence, discrimination,
deportation)
Overproduction of crops & destroying of the
prairie grass in the Plain; Drought & winds led to
dust flying 100s of miles; People (Okies) in the
Dust Bowl moved to California looking for work
Men couldn’t support their families (some men
abandoned their families); They took to the streets
daily looking for work; Hobos; No direct relief was
available at this time
The Dust
Bowl
Men in the
Streets
HARDSHIP
DESCRIPTION
Women and
Children
Canned food; Sewed clothes; Some worked
outside the home, but this caused
resentment because there were so many men
without jobs
Poor health; School closings; Worked in
factories; teens became “Hoover tourists”
Blacks were the last hired and first fired;
Sharecroppers were thrown off land;
Mexican Americans: Anglos competed for
farm jobs; Repatriation (encouraged to return
to Mexico) many were forced out
Minorities
Social/Psychological Effects
Suicides; Mental hospitals; Sacrifices
made; People became determined not
to be poor again; Kindness shown to
strangers
1. What did Hoover believe was the
government’s chief function
during the Depression?
• To foster cooperation
between conflicting groups
and interests
• The government should
step in to solve problems,
but not force cooperation
2. Why did Hoover oppose federal
welfare?
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He believed hand-outs would weaken
people’s self-respect & “moral fiber”
He believed America was based on
“individualism” and it was not the job of
the government to take care of individuals
and their families
Individuals (people, charities, local
organizations) should pitch in to help, not
the government
3. What were some of the projects Hoover
proposed to get the nation out of the
Depression? How effective were they?
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Boulder Dam- successful in getting power and
water to California; aided in agricultural production
2. Federal Home Loan Bank Act- lowered mortgage
rates & allowed farmers to refinance their loans
3. Reconstruction Finance Corporation- offered
financing to businesses, believing this would help
average people; this was unsuccessful and was seen
a “too little, too late”
4. Name ways Americans protested Hoover’s
efforts to get the nation out of the
Depression?
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The Republicans (Hoover’s party) were voted out
of Congress in the 1930 elections
2. Farmers burned and dumped their crops rather
than sell them at a loss
3. Farmers blocked roads to prevent food from getting
to market
4. Shantytowns were called “Hoovervilles”;
Newspapers were called “Hoover blankets”; Empty
pockets (inside out) were called “Hoover flags”
5. What did Hoover ultimately do
about the Bonus Army?
• Tear gassed, troops
moved in with
bayonets, fires were
started, people were
shot.
• People were stunned
at the government’s
response to these
veterans
Read the section “Relief, Recovery,
Reform: The First 100 Days” p 6023
• Answer the two questions in the section
• Then create a newspaper headline that
demonstrates how the public would feel
about its new president.
• Example: “Roosevelt The Man with the
Plan”
Starter
Read pages 618-619 and answer the three questions
below:
• What was Roosevelt’s “Black Cabinet? What did
it do?
• Why didn’t Roosevelt support full civil rights for
African Americans?
• How did New Deal policies affect Native
Americans?
New Notes
• 9.05 Assess the impact of New Deal
reforms in enlarging the role of the federal
government in American life
Today 11/13
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Review from yesterday
Five minutes finish up container collages
Present container collages
Review for tomorrow’s TEST!!
Objectives
• 9.01 Elaborate on the cycle of economic
boom and bust in the 1920's and 1930's.
• 9.05 Assess the impact of New Deal
reforms in enlarging the role of the federal
government in American life.
People waiting in line for bread and soup
and also living out of their car.
• Farmers in the
Midwest had over
farmed the soil.
• Drought conditions
led to 100 of acres of
soil being “blown
away.”
• These ‘black
blizzards’ lasted
from 1933 to 1939.
• October 30, 1938
• Orson Wells performed HG
Wells classic over the radio.
– Made Wells famous
• Caused a panic because
people thought Martians
were invading
– Link to listen to the radio
broadcast.
• Famous painting entitled
“American Gothic”.
• Best known for his
paintings depicting the
rural American Midwest.
• Folk singer during the
Depression
• His personal and
musical styles were
deeply influenced by
his childhood in rural
Oklahoma during the
Great Depression
years.
• This Land is Your
Land – famous song
• Classical novel written
by John Steinbeck in
1939.
• Focuses on a poor
family of sharecroppers :
– Driven from their home by
the drought
– They head to California
looking for a better life
Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal
Identify the following important aspects of
the New Deal
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New Deal
Fireside Chats
Glass-Steagall Act (especially the FDIC)
Federal Securities Act
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Social Security Act
New Deal
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Roosevelt’s program for getting the
nation out of the Great Depression
He wanted to give the American
people a “New Deal”
Three goals:
– Relief for the needy
– Economic recovery
– Financial reform
Fireside Chats
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Roosevelt gave
“fireside chats”
to keep the
nation informed
on issues of
public concern
He gave these
national
addresses of the
radio &
Americans felt he
was speaking
directly to them!
Glass-Steagall Act (especially
the FDIC)
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Glass-Steagall Act established the FDIC
The FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation) provided government insurance for
individual bank accounts up to 5,000
This made people feel their money was safe
Banks also had to act cautiously with their
customer’s money
Federal Securities Act
• This law provided
regulation of the
stock market
• Corporations are
required to provide
complete information
regarding their stock
offerings
Agricultural Adjustment Act
(AAA)
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The government regulated the amount of crops
produced
By doing this, crop prices rose because
production was lowered
The government paid farmers NOT to cultivate
all of their land
This did help farmers have more money
because prices increased
This law was found unconstitutional by the
Supreme Court (they stated that agriculture was
a local matter, not a federal matter)
Civilian Conservation Corps
(CCC)
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A work relief program that put
young men (18-25) to work
building roads, developing
parks, planting trees, and
helping in soil erosion and
flood control
They helped plant trees in the
Great Plains to prevent another
Dust Bowl
Workers were paid in cash and
they ate and lived for free
Our greatest task is to put people to work. This is no unsolveable
problem if we face it wisely and courageously. It can be
accomplished in part by direct recruiting by the
Government itself, treating the task as we would threat the
emergency of war, but at the same time, through this
employment, accomplishing greatly needed projects to
stimulate and reorganize the use of our national resources.
—Franklin D. Roosevelt
4 March 1933
National Industrial Recovery Act
(NIRA)
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Law that established fair practices in industry (ex.
Set prices of many products and established
standards)
Law that established jobs to construct schools and
other community buildings
This law was found unconstitutional by the
Supreme Court (it gave the executive branch
legislative power)
Works Progress Administration
(WPA)
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A series of programs to
help youths,
professionals and
others find
employment
Worked in
construction, collect
historical material, &
gave aid to students to
go to school
Social Security Act
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Probably the most important achievements of the
New Deal
Provides the following
– Retirement
– Unemployment compensation
– Aid to families with dependent
children & the disabled
Social Security Act
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Probably the most important achievements of the
New Deal
Provides the following
– Retirement
– Unemployment compensation
– Aid to families with dependent
children & the disabled
The Legacy of the New Deal
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The government actively participated in regulating
the economy
People were given direct relief from the
government
The government went into debt from all of the
government spending
What really ended the Great Depression was…
World War II started
The economy got a massive boost from the
production of war supplies!
Test Review
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Causes of the Great Depression (condition of
farmers, investing in the stock market, buying on
credit= people were in debt)
Life during the Depression (Dust Bowl,
shantytowns, women, men in streets, charity)
Hoover’s administration (leave the econ. Alone,
Bonus army, criticisms)
New Deal programs
Significance of the New Deal
Study for test!!
World War II Vocabulary
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Appeasement
Holocaust
Lend-Lease Act
Women’s Auxiliary Army Corp WAC
A. Philip Randolph
Manhattan Project
War Production Board
Due Thursday
D-Day
Nuremberg trials
GI Bill of Rights
Internment Camp
1930s container collage
• Use images and words to create a collage
on an object
• You will have time to work on this today
• You will have five minutes tomorrow to
complete the assignment
• You will present your container in class
tomorrow
CATEGORY
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Quality of
Container
The container shows
considerable attention
to construction and
creativity.
The container shows attention to
construction and creativity.
The container shows some
attention to construction
and creativity.
The container shows little
attention to
construction and
creativity.
Creativity
Several of the graphics or
objects used in the
collage reflect an
exceptional degree of
student creativity in
their creation and/or
display
Some of the graphics or objects
used in the collage reflect
student creativity in their
creation and/or display.
Few of the graphics or objects
used in the collage reflect
student creativity in their
creation and/or display.
The graphic used do not
reflect creativity.
Design
Graphics are trimmed to an
appropriate size and
interesting shape and
are arranged well,
some in front and
some behind. Care has
been taken to balance
the pictures across the
container.
Graphics are trimmed to an
appropriate size and
interesting shape and are
arranged with some items in
front and others behind.
The container, however
does not appear balanced.
Graphics have been trimmed
to an appropriate size
and shape, but the
arrangement of items is
not very attractive. It
appears there was not a
lot of planning of the
item placement.
Graphics are untrimmed
OR of
inappropriate size
and/or shape. It
appears little
attention was given
to designing the
collage.
Attention to
Theme
There is a reasonable
explanation of how
every item in the
collage is related to
the assigned theme.
For most items, the
relationship is clear
without explanation.
There is reasonable explanation
of how most items in the
collage are related to the
assigned theme. For many
of the items, the
relationship is clear without
explanation.
There is fairly reasonable
explanation of how most
items in the collage are
related to the assigned
theme.
There is no reasonable
explanation of how
most items in the
collage relate items
to the assigned
theme.
Number of
Items
The collage includes items
that completely cover
the container.
The collage includes items that
cover the container.
The collage includes items that
mostly cover the
container.
The collage contains
items, but the
container is not
covered.
Time and Effort
Much time and effort went
Some time and effort went into
Little time and effort went into
Very little time and effort