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Terms and Names:
Price Support, Credit, Alfred E. Smith, Speculation, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Black Tuesday,
Buying on Margin, Great Depression, Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act, Shantytown, Soup Kitchen,
Bread Line, Dust Bowl, Direct Relief, Herbert Hoover, Boulder Dam, Federal Home Loan Bank Act,
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Bonus Army, Drought, Economic Cycles, Foreclosure,
Mortgage, Franklin D. Roosevelt, New Deal, Glass-Steagall Act, Federal Securities Act,
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA), Civilian Conservation Act (CCC), Deficit Spending,
National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA), Huey Long, Works Projects Administration (WPA),
National Youth Administration (NYU), Wagner Act, Social Securities Act, New Deal Coalition,
Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), Gone With the Wind, Orson Wells, The Grapes of Wrath,
Federal Depository Insurance Act (FDIC), Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC), National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Pension Plan, Regulate, Mediate,
Make-Work Program, Layoff, Coalition, Minimum Wage
Main Idea
1. What were the 3 goals of the New Deal?
2. Describe 2 reasons people opposed the New Deal.
3. How did the Wagner Act help workers?
4. Why were movies and other entertainment popular during the Great Depression?
5. List and explain 3 New Deal programs that still exist today.
Thinking Critically:
1. What was Hoovers theory on government interference in the free market? Did his
beliefs contribute to the downward spiral of the United States economy?
2. Should the government intervene in a free enterprise economy in order to protect its
citizens and encourage economic growth?
3. Pretend you are president, how do you restore faith in the American banking system, stimulate
economic growth, and provide for those who can not help themselves?
4. Compare and contrast New Deal legislation to actions taken by President Obama during the
"Great Recession". How were their programs similar or different from each other AND do
you think President Obama followed FDR's blue print for economic recovery? Explain.
Terms and Names:
Price Support, Credit, Alfred E. Smith, Speculation, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Black Tuesday,
Buying on Margin, Great Depression, Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act, Shantytown, Soup Kitchen,
Bread Line, Dust Bowl, Direct Relief, Herbert Hoover, Boulder Dam, Federal Home Loan Bank Act,
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Bonus Army, Drought, Economic Cycles, Foreclosure,
Mortgage, Franklin D. Roosevelt, New Deal, Glass-Steagall Act, Federal Securities Act,
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA), Civilian Conservation Act (CCC), Deficit Spending,
National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA), Huey Long, Works Projects Administration (WPA),
National Youth Administration (NYU), Wagner Act, Social Securities Act, New Deal Coalition,
Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), Gone With the Wind, Orson Wells, The Grapes of Wrath,
Federal Depository Insurance Act (FDIC), Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC), National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Pension Plan, Regulate, Mediate,
Make-Work Program, Layoff, Coalition, Minimum Wage
Main Idea
1. What were the 3 goals of the New Deal?
2. Describe 2 reasons people opposed the New Deal.
3. How did the Wagner Act help workers?
4. Why were movies and other entertainment popular during the Great Depression?
5. List and explain 3 New Deal programs that still exist today.
Thinking Critically:
1. What was Hoovers theory on government interference in the free market? Did his
beliefs contribute to the downward spiral of the United States economy?
2. Should the government intervene in a free enterprise economy in order to protect its
citizens and encourage economic growth?
3. Pretend you are president, how do you restore faith in the American banking system, stimulate
economic growth, and provide for those who can not help themselves?
4. Compare and contrast New Deal legislation to actions taken by President Obama during the
"Great Recession". How were their programs similar or different from each other AND do
you think President Obama followed FDR's blue print for economic recovery? Explain.
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