Studylist --- Chapter 25
buying on margin
Black Tuesday
President Herbert Hoover
business cycle
Great Depression
overproduction
Bonus Army
General Douglas MacArthur
Franklin Roosevelt
The Hundred Days
Brain Trust
New Deal
fireside chats
“Bank Holiday”
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Frances Perkins
Father Charles Coughlin
Social Security Act of 1935
Pension
Supreme Court
Collective Bargaining
Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
sit-down-strike
Dust Bowl
Capital
Bankrupt
John Steinbeck
Radio
Movies
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Extra Credit (must do at least ½ for 10 points, all for 20 points)
October 29, 1929
bank crisis
recession
Hooverville
Emergency Banking Relief Act
Farm Credit Administration (FCA)
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
National Youth Administration (NYA)
Eleanor Roosevelt
Wagner Act
court-packing
Mary McLeod Bethune
Black Cabinet
Marian Anderson
Henry Hopkins
Woody Guthrie
Benny Goodman
Count Basie
Duke Ellington
OVER 
What are we learning in Chapter 25? – U.S. History Learning Targets
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Ratings:
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2 = I’ve heard of this topic before but I do not know much else about it.
3 = I feel confident about the topic and would be able to participate in classroom discussion about it.
4 = I feel that I could correctly teach this topic to another student if asked.
Chapter 25 – The Great Depression (1929 – 1939)
What you will learn: In this chapter, you will learn about how Americans coped with the economic
problems of the 1930s. You will also learn about the Dust Bowl and its effects.
Target
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A
Explain the reason why the U.S. stock market collapsed in 1929.
B
Describe 2 reasons why Americans were dissatisfied with President Hoover’s
reaction to the economic conditions.
List 2 reasons why Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Herbert Hoover in the 1932
election.
Provide 4 types of new programs that Congress approved in what was known as
the “Hundred Days”.
Recall 2 criticisms that some people had about the New Deal.
C
D
E
F
G
H
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Note 3 different ways in which the New Deal continued through Roosevelt’s first
term in what became known as the Second New Deal.
List 4 specific ways describing how Americans faced hard times all across the
United States.
Explain 3 examples of Depression-era culture that helped lift people’s spirits
during the Depression.
Chapter 25 Essential Question:
The United States economy suddenly collapses in 1929 – America
goes from prosperity to suffering. How do you think this sudden
economic collapse happens?
Write your answer in the space provided.
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