The Great Depression Internet
Lesson
October 29 is the anniversary of
"Black Tuesday" -- the day the
stock market crashed in 1929,
sending the
http://minneapolisfed.org/Research/data/us/calc/index.cfm
Use
this site to find out how much each of the following would have cost in 1929.
A
car that cost $11,199 today would cost ____________in 1929.
A
house that cost $100,000 today would cost ___________ in 1929.
http://library.thinkquest.org/03oct/01794/home_page.htm
Use
the various topics from this site to find out the following information.
Who
was the president when the Great Depression started?
What
was his philosophy about the role the state and federal governments should take
to solve the problems of the Depression?
Write
a 5 sentence paragraph about the “Dust Bowl.”
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What
was the child asking Mrs. Roosevelt for? (see first
hand accounts.)
Read
one other first hand account and tell about it below.
Look
at the photographs taken during the Great Depression. Describe at least 3 of them.
The
Great Depression lasted from __________ to __________.
During
that time:
_________
banks closed, wages decreased by _____%.__________
people lost their jobs, and _______________businesses failed.
http://www.authentichistory.com/1930s/music/1930s_music_01.html
Listen
to a song from the Great Depression years.
What is the name of the song and what is it about?
http://www.75anniversary.va.gov/multimedia/pg8_pages/bonus_army_1.htm
Click
on next to view the photographs. Judging
by the photographs, what do you think was happening?
http://www.rpadden.com/bonus/bonus_army_dagvin_r.htm
What
was the Bonus Army?
How
did President Hoover respond to the Bonus Army?
http://library.thinkquest.org/03oct/01794/presidents_background.htm
Franklin
D. Roosevelt’s promise of a “New Deal” for the American people included:
http://www.authentichistory.com/1930s/history/1930s_history_to_1937_01.html
Listen
to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1st Fireside Chat.” What was
What
were the first three things
1.
2.
3.
http://library.thinkquest.org/03oct/01794/helping_the_people.htm
Read through the New Deal programs that were
established when Franklin D. Roosevelt was president. (Also nicknamed the
alphabet soup programs.)
Identify the following by name and complete
questions and fill in.
o _________________________________ (CWA): Provided
public works jobs at 15 dollars a week for four million workers in 1934.
o
____________________________________
o
__________________________________ Allowed for billions of citizens to receive immediate
relief and employment on extra projects for the government.
o _________________________________Act (AAA): Raised
crop prices by lowering production. How
did the government lower crop production?
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o __________________________________ It prevents people
from losing their money if their bank goes under.
o ___________________________________ Distributed direct
relief to unemployed.
o ___________________________________ (FHA): Furnished
loans for home mortgages so that people would loose their homes.
o __________________________________This provided loans
to farmers according to their production.
o ___________________________________: Reorganized the
banking system and established the FDIC.
o ___________________________________: (NRA): Set prices
on many products to ensure fair competition, and established standards
concerning work hours and a ban on child labor.
o ___________________________________
(NYA):
Provided part time employment to more than two million __________________ and __________________________students.
o ____________________________________ (PWA): Received
3.3 billion dollars appropriation from Congress for public works projects.
o _____________________________________ (REA):
Encouraged farmers to join cooperatives to bring electricity to farms. Despite
its efforts, by 1940 only 40 percent of American farms electrified
o _____________________________________: In response to
critics, it provided pensions, unemployment insurance, and aid to blind, deaf, and
disabled.
o
__________________________________________: (TVA): Renovated
existing dams, constructed 20 new ones in the
o ________________________________________ (WPA):
Employed 8.5 million workers in construction and other jobs, but more
importantly provided work in_______________, _____________________, and _________________projects.
o __________________________________ (CCC):
Put men, ages 18-25, to work building roads, developing parks, planting trees,
helping in soil erosion, and helping with flood-control projects.
o _______________________________________:
(NLRB): Allowed workers to join unions and outlawed union
busting tactics by management
o ___________________________________: provided workers
with minimum wage, and discontinued _________________________.