The Century: 1929-1936 “Stormy Weather”
1. What did the Bonus Army want and what was the result of their protest?
2. Use five adjectives to describe the Great Depression as mentioned in the
documentary:
3. Provide one account (one story) shared by one of the people in the documentary
about the Great Depression:
4. What happened to many ordinary people’s money that had been stored in banks?
5. Was their social security, unemployment insurance for people who lost their jobs?
6. How did people “escape” from the problems of the Great Depression?
7. What happened with many American farms during this era? What was this
phenomenon called? [many of these farmers were from Oklahoma]
8. What type of protests arose in response to the Great Depression? How did this
threaten national security?
9. How was Hoover’s name used to mock his failings in addressing the Great
Depression?
10. Describe Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal (what did it do and provide?)
11. Describe the labor unrest during the Great Depression?
12. How did the second “100 days” of the New Deal transform America?