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The Great Depression &
The New Deal
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The Great Depression & the New Deal
The United States was booming and many people invested money in the stock market.
In October, stocks began to lose their value in the __________ _______________________________________.
Over two days, the stock market fell 23%. It was the beginning of a recession that became the _________
___________________ by 1932. By that time, stocks had lost 89% of their value.
A _________________ is a decline in the economy.
A ______________________is a long and very bad recession. The Great Depression lasted almost _____________ and stock
prices did not fully recover until 1954. By 1932, almost one in every four workers in the U.S. was
____________________ or did not have a job.
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Economic Weakness 1920’s, people bought many things by promising them later.
This system is called ___________. Few people had savings, but almost everyone had debt. __________ is money that is owed. During the Great Depression,_____________________
_______________________________________. When loans were not paid back, ______________________
Also, the banks had invested in the _____________________, just like people had.
When the stock market _________________________________________________.
The banking system ________________ by 1932.
By 1933, 15 million people were ___________________.
With no money, people couldn’t afford houses. So people lived in _____________________- places where
people lived in tents and shacks. Many Americans blamed ______________________ for the
Great Depression. They called shantytowns “_____________” Charities started _________________ to give people hot food.
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Rural MigrationDue to the Depression, the ______________ also suffered.
_________________ was a problem with farmland, when the topsoil of fields dried up and blew in huge storms throughout the Great Plains.
Lower crop prices made __________________________ Not enough___________ = _________________ The ____________, the upper layer of dirt in the fields,
blew away. Homes were buried up the roof after dust storms. Families lost their farms and moved from the
________________to __________________.
President RooseveltFranklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) was president.
Was crippled by __________ and used a wheelchair and crutches.
Elected ________ times in a row. Started the _________________________________- a
series of government programs to help the country.
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New Deal Programs
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Works Progress Administration(WPA)
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Success in the 1930’s
Edward “Duke” Ellington
Margaret Mitchell
James “Jesse” Owens
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Discussion Question:
Choose 3 events that happened during the Great Depression. Then write at least one sentence that explains each event.
1. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________2. _______________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________3. _______________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Vocabulary
1. Stock market crash of 1929 : _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________2. Great Depression : ______________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________3. unemployed : ____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________4. credit: ___________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________5. debt: ____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________6. shantytowns: ____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________7. soup kitchens: _________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________
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8. Dust Bowl : ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________9. topsoil : ______________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________10.New Deal _______________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________11. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC): _____________________________
_____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________12. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA): ____________________________
_____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________13. Works Progress Administration (WPA)
_____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________
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