Great Depression/New Deal Study Guide
Fifth Grade Social Studies
Name ________________________
Quiz date _____________________
Standards:
 5-4.2 Summarize the stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression, including economic
weakness, unemployment, failed banks and businesses, and migration from rural areas.(P, G, E, H)
 5-4.3 Explain the immediate and lasting effect on American workers caused by innovations of the New
Deal, including the Social Security Act, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Civilian
Conservation Corps. (P, E, H)
Directions: Answer the following questions as we study the Great Depression and New Deal. Some of the
information may be found in your book, and some will be learned during class discussion. Your final quiz will
include information from the questions below.
1. What happened in October of 1929, and how did this affect the United States’s economy? (p. 336-337)
2. Describe how the Great Depression caused the failure of many businesses and banks and led to
unemployment. (p.337)
3. What was the impact of the Depression on farmers and their families? (p. 338)
4. What was “The Dust Bowl,” and what caused it? (p. 338, 340-341)
5. What was President Roosevelt’s “New Deal” that gave people hope during the Depression? (p. 345)
6. Explain the immediate and lasting effects on American workers caused by these New Deal programs: (p.
346)
a. The Social Security Act –
b. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) –
c. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
7. What is a “minimum wage,” and why was it put in place as part of the New Deal? (p. 346)
8. How does what happened during the Great Depression/New Deal era relate to what is happening
currently in our country?