Great Depression / New Deal Study Guide (14 Points)
Please answer each of the following questions in 1-3 complete sentences. Points will be (regrettably) deducted for
sentence fragments.
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When and what was Black Tuesday?
How did easy credit contribute to the Great Depression?
What did it mean to buy stocks “on margin”, and why was it a problem when the stock market crashed?
Name two ways in which the “leftovers” of World War I worsened the Depression. (You do not need to write
this answer in a complete sentence.)
Why were the following groups of people among the hardest hit by the Depression? Think about the reasons
why these people would be suffering the most!
(3 sentences total, 1 per “group of people”; 2 points awarded for a correct answer.)
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Farmers (hint: it has to do with overproduction)
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Factory workers
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Minorities
What was a “Hooverville?”
List three social impacts of the Great Depression.
Name and explain one of Hoover’s efforts to fix the Depression.
What was the context of the Bonus Army’s march (1932)? What impact did the results of the march have on
Hoover?
What and when was the “bank holiday”?
Define and give an example of each of the following major parts of FDR’s New Deal.
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Relief
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Recovery
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Reform
Other than the effectiveness of the New Deal, name two other reasons that the Depression came to a close
around the mid-1940s. (For this question, use your notes from the Inquiry Lesson activity)
To what extent do you think that the Great Depression was solved by the New Deal? (Answer the question in
1-2 complete sentences.)
Great Depression / New Deal Study Guide (14 Points)
Please answer each of the following questions in 1-3 complete sentences. Points will be (regrettably) deducted for
sentence fragments.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
When and what was Black Tuesday?
How did easy credit contribute to the Great Depression?
What did it mean to buy stocks “on margin”, and why was it a problem when the stock market crashed?
Name two ways in which the “leftovers” of World War I worsened the Depression. (You do not need to write
this answer in a complete sentence.)
Why were the following groups of people among the hardest hit by the Depression? Think about the reasons
why these people would be suffering the most!
(3 sentences total, 1 per “group of people”; 2 points awarded for a correct answer.)
•
Farmers (hint: it has to do with overproduction)
•
Factory workers
•
Minorities
What was a “Hooverville?”
List three social impacts of the Great Depression.
Name and explain one of Hoover’s efforts to fix the Depression.
What was the context of the Bonus Army’s march (1932)? What impact did the results of the march have on
Hoover?
What and when was the “bank holiday”?
Define and give an example of each of the following major parts of FDR’s New Deal.
•
Relief
•
Recovery
•
Reform
Other than the effectiveness of the New Deal, name two other reasons that the Depression came to a close
around the mid-1940s. (For this question, use your notes from the Inquiry Lesson activity)
To what extent do you think that the Great Depression was solved by the New Deal? (Answer the question in
1-2 complete sentences.)