HONORS U.S. HISTORY LEARNING TARGETS
UNIT 4: The Great Depression &The New Deal: America in the 1930s
 Explain the causes of the stock market crash of 1929 and the major causes of
the Great Depression. Describe how President Hoover responded to the
economic crisis and why it was considered “too little too late” to save the U.S.
economy. Explain the outcome of the election of 1932. (Reading 13.1)
 Describe the effects that the Great Depression had on the following groups of
Americans: farmers, city dwellers and the family. (Reading 13.2)
 Describe how Americans coped with life during the Great Depression – how
did they try to escape from the hardships of life on the road, in the home and
through entertainment. Describe how artists responded to life during the
Great Depression through their works. (Reading 13.3)
 Describe how Franklin Delano Roosevelt rose in politics to eventually win the
presidency in 1932. Explain the measures he took in the first hundred days of
his presidency and what challenge each measure was trying to address.
(Reading 14.1)
 Describe how President Roosevelt communicated with the American people
during his presidency and the influence his wife had on his tenure in the
White House. (Reading 14.1)
 Explain why and how various groups opposed some of FDR’s New Deal,
including farmers, labor and radicals. Describe how and why conservatives
and the federal courts opposed his New Deal. (Reading 14.2)
 Describe the legislation put forth in the Second New Deal and what problems
each was intended to address. Explain how FDR tried to put in place a
favorable Supreme Court and the reaction of that effort. (Reading 14.2)
 Describe the impact of the New Deal on certain groups of Americas,
including women, African Americans and Native Americans. (Reading 14.3)
 Explain how the role of the federal government in the lives of Americans
expanded as a result of the New Deal. (Reading 14.3)