STAAR REVIEW 5
THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND THE NEW DEAL
CAUSES OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION
*___________________________________ More products made than people could buy
*___________________________________ Led to crash in ______________. People invested in rising stock prices;
Speculation in real estate holdings
*UNEVEN ISTRIUTION OF _______________________
*SHAKY _______________________________________ Bankers invested depositors’ money poorly
*RESTRICTED INTERNATIONAL ___________________ Americans put up high protective tariffs, restricting international
Trade
HUMAN IMPACT OF THE DEPRESSION
*NO SAFETY NET
High ________________________________, bank failures, foreclosures
*RECORDING THE MISERY:
_______________________________________recorded the misery of the people in her photographs
_______________________________________ wrote of suffering of migrant families (Grapes of Wrath)
*________________________________________ Heavy winds carried top soil away, buried homes, destroyed harvests.
Over a million farmers forced off their lands.
FDR—FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT
*__________________________________________ Group of talented advisors to the President
*__________________________________________ Roosevelt used the radio to speak directly to the people
*__________________________________________ FDR’s program for helping the nation out of the Depression
He called Congress into ________________________________ when he took office in order to
Pass legislation. Much of it was done in 100 days. Consisted of programs focusing on
“________________________, ______________________ and _______________”
THE NEW DEAL
*______________________________Short term actions designed to help people until the economy recovered
_____________________ closed all banks for restructuring
Created government jobs to get people back to work
CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS (_____________)
PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION (____________)
WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION (__________)
*______________________________ Restores incentives to produce (make/supply goods)
NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION (_________)
AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT (_________)
*______________________________ Measures to remedy problems of the economy and prevent depressions
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____________ insured bank deposits to restore confidence in banks
____________ agency to watch over stock markets and prevent collapse
_________________________________ provided a safety net for workers
with unemployment insurance, old age pensions, and insurance for
families of those who died early
IMPORTANT PEOPLE
*_________________________________ President when the Great Depression began. Believed in “rugged individualism”
And failed to take enough measures against the Great Depression
*_________________________________ (FDR) Elected President in 1932; introduced a _________________ program
to get the economy moving again
*_________________________________ Writer during the Depression. Wrote Grapes of Wrath
*_________________________________ A political activist who served as the eyes and ears to her husband, FDR
AND DON’T FORGET:
*_________________________________ Under the Immigration Acts of the 1920s there were no restrictions on immigration
from Mexico (except medical and literacy tests in Spanish. Hoover authorized a
special Mexican Repatriation act to send immigrants back to Mexico and more
than half a million were forcibly sent back.
*REACTIONS TO THE NEW DEAL
Critics of the New Deal included:
_________________________________
_________________________________
__________________________________
*____________________________________________PLAN
FDR’s plan to add additional justices to the ___________________________________ after they declared
Some of his programs illegal.
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1. What was a major cause of the Great Depression?
A. PRIOR OVERPRODUCTION OF MANUFACTURED GOODS
B. A DECREASE IN THE SUPPLY OF CONSUMER GOODS
C. AN INCREASE IN DEMAND FOR IMPORTED PRODUCTS
D. AN INCREASE IN THE PRICE OF WHEAT ON THE WORLD MARKET
2. The New Deal changed American political thinking because it was based on the principle that the—
A. ECONOMY WILL FIX ITSELF IF LEFT ALONE
B. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD ATTEMPT TO SOLVE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PROBLEMS
C. POLITICAL PARTIES MUST WORK TOGETHER TO DEAL WITH NATIONAL PROBLEMS
D. STATES HOULD TAKE A LEADERSHIP POSITION IN SOLVING SOCIAL ISSUES
3. Which economic factor contributed directly to the start of the Great Depression?
A. LOW WORKER PRODUCTIVITIY
B. DECREASING TARIFF RATES
C. HIGH INCOME TAXES
D. BUYING STOCKS ON MARGIN
4. During the New Deal period, Congress blocked President Franklin D Roosevelt’s attempt to
A. PAY FARMERS NOT TO PRODUCE CROPS
B. DECREASE FEDERAL SPENDING
C. REGULATE THE BANKING INDUSTRY
D. APPOINT ADDITIONAL JUSTICES TO THE SUPREME COURT
5. One difference between the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and President Herbert Hoover was that Roosevelt was
A. UNWILLING TO ALLOW GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO ESTABLISH JOB PROGRAMS
B. UNABLE TO WIN CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT FOR HIS ECONOMIC PROGRAM
C. ABLE TO IGNORE ECONOMIC ISSUES FOR MOST OF HIS FIRST TERM IN OFFICE
D. MORE WILLING TO USE GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION TO SOLVE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS
6. What was the main intent of the Mexican Repatriation Act?
A. TO SEND MEXICAN-AMERICAN IMMIGRANTS BACK TO MEXICO
B. TO ENCOURAGE MEXICAN-AMERICAN IMMIGRANTS TO WORK IN THE UNITED STATES
C. TO ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST MEXICAN-AMERICANS IN THE UNITED STATES
D. TO GRANT CITIZENSHIP TO MEXICAN-AMERICANS LIVING IN THE U.S. FOR 5 YEARS
7. What is the main idea of the cartoon?
A. CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT WERE UNABLE TO
COPE WITH THE GREAT DEPRESSION
B. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ALWAYS FOLLOWED THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF CONGRESS
C. THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS CONSTANTLY FOUGHT
OVER DEPRESSION ERA PROGAMS
D. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT USED A SYSTEM OF TRIAL
AND ERROR TO FIX THE ECONOMY.