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Great Depression Test Review

Great Depression Test Review . Make Sure You Know the Following…. CCC – Civilian Conservation Corps Relief/Reform program for young men Planted trees Built bridges TVA – Tennessee Valley Authority Relief because it provided jobs Reform because the changes made life better

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Great Depression Test Review

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  1. Great Depression Test Review

  2. Make Sure You Know the Following…. • CCC – Civilian Conservation Corps • Relief/Reform program for young men • Planted trees • Built bridges • TVA – Tennessee Valley Authority • Relief because it provided jobs • Reform because the changes made life better • Damns built on Tennessee River

  3. Make Sure You Know the Following… • FDIC – Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation • Reform because it changed the banking industry • Insured bank deposits • PWA – Public Works Administration • Recovery because it built ports and schools, boosted industry and kept workers on the job.

  4. Six Causes Of The Depression • 1. The Stock Market crash • 2. Farmers in trouble • 3. Overproduction/consumers buying less • 4. Uneven distribution of wealth • 5. Banks made unwise loans • 6. International Depression

  5. What was the date of the Stock Market Crash? • TUESDAY, • OCTOBER 29, 1929

  6. 3 Goals of the New Deal • 1. Relief • 2. Recovery • 3. Reform

  7. Know ALL Depression Vocabulary!!!!

  8. Study guide review • What was the Bonus Army March? • WWI veterans demanded the money they were promised at the end of the war. • The government didn’t have the money • The President called in troops to remove Bonus Army, force the to leave Washington DC • Several people were killed. • Veterans did not receive their bonus

  9. Study guide review • Where did the Dust Bowl occur? • Great Plains • What were reasons for the Dust Bowl? • Over plowing/planting • Drought • High winds • What effects did the Dust Bowl have on farmers? • Many farmers moved to California and Florida and/or became migrant workers

  10. Study guide review • FDR and the Supreme Court: • 1. Some of the Supreme Court Justices thought many of the New Deal Programs were unconstitutional • 2. FDR wanted to increase the number of justices from 9 to 15 to have more influence on the Court. • 3. Was this fair? No • 4. Did the new justices, that FDR wanted on the Supreme Court, support or oppose the New Deal? Support it. • 5. Did Roosevelt get to appoint new justices? No.

  11. Study guide review • Roosevelt held informal radio talks given weekly from the White House called fireside chats.

  12. STUDY GUIDE REVIEW • Who were migrant workers? • They were farmers that moved to California and Florida. They moved from place to place to harvest fruits and vegetables. • Who was Dorothea Lange? • She was a photographer during the • Depression who took pictures of the • homeless and helpless.

  13. Study guide review What was the Social Security Act? The Social Security Act (SSA) set up a system of pensions for the elderly, unemployed, and people with disabilities. What were the “Hundred Days”? The “Hundred Days” was a special session of Congress that Roosevelt called to launch his New Deal Programs. Who was Frances Perkins? She was the first woman EVER to be appointed to a presidential cabinet (appointed by FDR).

  14. Did FDR’s New Deal end the Depression? • NO!!!!

  15. EXIT SLIP • Write me 1-2 sentences on the most valuable thing you’ve learned about the Great Depression. Due at the end of class!

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