Name _________________________ Date_______________________

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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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