Name ________________
Modern U.S. History
Mr. Kraft
The Great Depression
Effectiveness of the New Deal
1. New Deal’s Broad Goals: 3 “Rs”
a. ____________________
b. ____________________
c. ____________________
2. New Deal’s Specific Goals or Aims: (“Good Things”)
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
3. New Deal’s Biggest Criticism = Communist and Socialist Trends: What were some
of the comparisons?
4. Communist and Socialist Trends: What were some communist and socialist models
that Americans compared FDR and the New Deal to?
a. Leader: __________________________
 Country: _________________
 Type of Economy: _________________
 Type of Government: _________________
 Oligarchial Group: _________________
b. Leader: __________________________
 Country : _________________
 Type of Economy: _________________
 Type of Government: _________________
 Oligarchial Group: _________________
c. Leader: __________________________
 Country : _________________
 Type of Economy: _________________
 Type of Government: _________________
 Oligarchial Group:_________________
d. Leader: __________________________
 Country : _________________
 Type of Economy: _________________
 Type of Government: _________________
 Oligarchial Group: _________________
5. FDR’s Comparison: This is a “snap shot” of what many Americans thought was
happening to the U.S. under the leadership of FDR.
a. Country
: _________________
b. Type of Economy: _________________
c. Type of Government: _________________
d. Oligarchial Group: _________________
6. Did the New Deal work in the area of creating jobs and ending unemployment?:
The U.S. unemployment rate (percentage of U.S. citizens who did not have a job) from
the end of the Roaring 20s through the Great Depression and WWII.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
1927 – 3.3 %
1928 – 4.2 %
1929 – 5 %
1930 – 8.7 %
1931 – 17.4%
1932 – 23.6 %
1933 – 24.9 %
1934 – 21.7 %
1935 – 20.1 %
1936 – 16.9 %
1937 – 14.3 %
1938 – 19.0 %
1939 – 17.2 %
1940 – 14.6 %
1941 – 9.9 %
1942 – 4.7 %
1943 – 1.9 %
1944 – 1.2 %
1945 – 1.9 %
7. Problems created by the New Deal: (“Bad Things”)
a.
b.
c.
8. Question for you to think about: Did the good things the New Deal accomplished offset
the bad things that it caused?
9. What ended the Great Depression in the U.S. and why?: WWII