The Great Depression Review Sheet
1. What is significant about the year 1929?
2. How did the government handle the events of 1929 - 1934?
3. What historical event took place in the west (specifically the Dakotas to
Texas) that resulted in movement of thousands of Americans?
4. List four causes of the Great Depression.
5.How did Hoover handle the Great Depression (List 8 specific ways he
attempted to correct the Depression.)
6. How were the banks affected by the stock market and the early years of
the Depression?
7. How did Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal help with the nation's
unemployment?
8. What happened to the minority groups during the Depression?
9. What were the results of American's frustration with the economic
challenges of the Depression?
10 Complete the chart: Compare and Contrast
President Hoover
Hoover and Roosevelt
President Roosevelt
11. How were FDR's New Deal work programs funded?
12. List 3 long term effects of the New Deal.
13. Define "Social Security Administration."
14. Roosevelt's New Deal ______________ the ____________ of the
federal government.
15. Why did Roosevelt attempt to "pack" the Supreme Court?
16. List Eleanor Roosevelt's contributions.
17. What was the purpose of the following:
Civilian Conservation Corps
Tennessee Valley Authority
18. Who was the author of The Grapes of Wrath?
19. Who were the critics of the New Deal and why were they critical?
20. Who was Dorothea Lange? What was her most famous work?
21. Explain the following quotes and identify the speaker:
"I do not believe that the power and duty of the
general government, ought to be extended to
the relief of individual suffering."
_____________________
____________________
"Let me assert my firm belief that the only
thing we have to fear is fear itself."
22. What was the Wagner Act?
23. What was the Reconstruction Finance Corporation? Which president is
responsible for it?
24. Define: "Bonus Expeditionary Army"
25. What happened October 29, 1929? What is another name for this
event?
26. Why did the Dust Bowl happen?
27. Which group of voters split from the Republican Party to support the
Democrat Party during the Depression?
28. How did Congress work with Roosevelt during the New Deal?
29. What were the causes of the Great Depression? Which one is the ROOT
cause?
30. What is the legacy of the New Deal? List three examples from today's
society.