Name ________________________ Class Period ___________ Due Date ____________
Identify the major characteristics that define the Great Depression (US2A):
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Use the map below to draw and label the demographic movement of people during the Great Depression. Then, analyze the causes and effects of changing demographic patterns during the Great Depression (US13A):
The Dust Bowl:
Mexican Repatriation:
Human Factors:
Physical Factors:
Identify the causes of the Great Depression (US16B):
1.
Overproduction: __________________________________________________________________________________________
2.
Overuse of Credit: _________________________________________________________________________________________
3.
Over Speculation & the Stock Market Crash: ___________________________________________________________________
4.
Overuse of Farmers Land: __________________________________________________________________________________
5.
Oversight on/of Government Policies: _________________________________________________________________________
6.
Overspending during World War I: ___________________________________________________________________________
Analyze the effects of the Great Depression on the U.S. economy and society such as widespread unemployment and deportation and repatriation of people of European and Mexican heritage (US16C):
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Compare the New Deal policies and its opponents’ approaches to resolving the economic effects of the Great Depression (16D):
Describe how various New Deal agencies and programs, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Securities and
Exchange Commission, and the Social Security Administration, continue to affect the lives of U.S. citizens (US16E):
FDIC
SSA
AAA
SEC
TVA

Evaluate the impact of New Deal legislation on the historical roles of state and federal government (US19A):
Left Wing Critics: Socialist: Right Wing Critics:
Explain the constitutional issues raised by federal government policy changes during the Great Depression (US19B):
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Evaluate the impact of relationships among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government, including Franklin D.
Roosevelt's attempt to increase the number of U.S. Supreme Court justices (US20B):
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Describe how the characteristics and issues in U.S. history have been reflected in various genres of art, music, film, and literature
(US25A):
Literature: _________________________________________________________________________________________
Music: ____________________________________________________________________________________________
Art/Photography: ___________________________________________________________________________________
Analyze the global diffusion of American culture through the entertainment industry via various media (US25D):
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Essential Vocabulary:
Dust Bowl
Federal Reserve System
Hoovervilles
Bonus Army
Dorothea Lange
Agriculture Adjustment Act
Tennessee Valley Authority
Fireside Chats
Wagner Act
Huey Long
Security and Exchange Commission
Herbert Hoover
Eleanor Roosevelt
Socialism
FDIC
Social Security Administration
New Deal
Civilian Conservation Corps
22 nd Amendment
Relief, Recovery, Reform
John Steinbeck
Speculation
Buying on the Margin
Court Packing Plan
Schechter Poultry Corp v US