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Understanding the 1930s: The Great Depression, Politics, and Social Changes

This review delves into the critical events and policies of the 1930s, a transformative decade in American history marked by the Great Depression. Key topics include the stock market crash of 1929, the impact of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs, the social consequences of the Depression including effects on families, women, and African Americans, and significant events like the Dust Bowl and the Bonus March. The review captures important milestones and key figures that shaped an era of hardship and reform.

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Understanding the 1930s: The Great Depression, Politics, and Social Changes

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  1. Review 1930’s

  2. Questions: • 1. What date did the stock market crash? • October 29, 1929 • 2. This date became known as: • Black Tuesday • 3. The three presidents of the 1920’s were all from which political party? • Republican • 4. Shanty towns that were high in crime and poverty were called: • Hoovervilles

  3. Questions: • 5. Who was elected president in 1932? • Franklin D. Roosevelt • 6. What political party was he from? • Democrat • 7. What was the name of the programs he tried to have to help with the Depression? • New Deal • 8. What were the three R’s? • Relief, Recovery, Reform • 9. The fear of the spread of communism is called the: • Red Scare

  4. Questions: • 10. What was the Dust Bowl? • A drought that happened in the Midwest that dried out the soil and caused dust storms • 11. When you borrow money to buy stock it is called: • Buying on Margin • 12. Taking a risk in the stock market is called: • Speculation • 13. What amendment repealed the ban on alcohol? • 21st Amendment

  5. Questions: • 14. How did the Great Depression affect women? • They were harassed for taking jobs from men • 15. How did the Great Depression affect the family? • Families had to live together, dad might leave looking for work • 16. How did the Great Depression affect African Americans? • Racism and discrimination increased • 17. How did the U.S. Great Depression affect the rest of the world? • It led to a worldwide depression

  6. Questions: • 18. The New Deal program that helped give electricity to farms in the Tennessee and Georgia was called: • TVA-Tennessee Valley Administration • 19. Which New Deal Program helped the elderly and retired? • Social Security • 20. Name a New Deal Program that helped farmers. • 21st Amendment, AAA, FCA • 21. How were banks effected by the depression? • Bank runs-people took their money out, people could not pay back loans • 22. If you were young and unmarried during the depression what New Deal program helped you? • CCC-Civilian Conservation Corps.

  7. Questions: • 23. What were the Fireside Chats? • FDR talked to the people over the radio • 24. What happened at the Bonus March under President Hoover? • The president called out the army and violence erupted • 25. How did FDR react to the Second Bonus March? • The first lady helped set up campsites and gave them blankets, etc. • 26. The Scottsboro Boys cased showed: • Discrimination against African Americans in the courts

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