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Chapter 26: The Great Depression Essential & Focus Questions

This document provides an overview of the key topics and essential questions that will be covered in a chapter about the Great Depression. The chapter will discuss: 1) What caused the Great Depression and how severe it was, including the 1929 stock market crash and its economic and social impact. 2) How President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal programs tried to end the depression through public works projects, regulations, and social programs. 3) Some criticism of the New Deal, including opposition to FDR's attempt to change the Supreme Court and concerns about the national debt. 4) How minority groups and women were affected by the depression and what they did to help themselves, such as Eleanor Roosevelt's advocacy and

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Chapter 26: The Great Depression Essential & Focus Questions

This document provides an overview of the key topics and essential questions that will be covered in a chapter about the Great Depression. The chapter will discuss: 1) What caused the Great Depression and how severe it was, including the 1929 stock market crash and its economic and social impact. 2) How President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal programs tried to end the depression through public works projects, regulations, and social programs. 3) Some criticism of the New Deal, including opposition to FDR's attempt to change the Supreme Court and concerns about the national debt. 4) How minority groups and women were affected by the depression and what they did to help themselves, such as Eleanor Roosevelt's advocacy and

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Chapter 26: The Great Depression

Essential & Focus Questions


Essential Questions
Ch26 The Great Depression
1. Why was there a Great Depression & how bad was it? (sec.1)
2. In what ways did FDR and his New Deal try to end the depression? (sec.2!)
!. Why did so"e not li#e the New Deal? (sec.!)
$. What did "inority %ro&ps do to help the"sel'es in the depression? (sec.$)
(ection 1) *he Great +rash
Focus) What ca&sed the Great Depression?
What happened to the stoc# "ar#et in 1,2,?
-ow did the depression i"pact people or .a"ilies?
Why did people bla"e -oo'er .or the depression?
What did the %o'ern"ent do to the /on&s 0r"y?
Vocabulary)
b&siness cycle
depression
econo"y
wa%es
ban#r&pt
&ne"ployed
p&blic wor#s
so&p #itchens
-oo'er'illes
(ection 2) FDR & the New Deal
Focus) Why did people li#e FDR so "&ch?
What was the New Deal?
Describe so"e o. the New Deal pro%ra"s and tell how they helped d&rin% the depression.
Vocabulary)
polio
New Deal
con.ident
.ireside chats
+++
W10
*20
FDI+
(ection !) Response to the New Deal
Focus) Why did so"e people disli#e the New Deal?
Why did FDR want to chan%e the (&pre"e +o&rt? Why was this wron%?
-ow did the (ocial (ec&rity 0ct help 0"ericans?
What were so"e positi'e and ne%ati'e e..ects o. the New Deal?
Vocabulary)
critic
pension
(&pre"e +o&rt
national debt
(ection $) *he Nation in -ard *i"es
Focus) -ow did the D&st /owl destroy the li'es o. .ar"ers?
-ow were wo"en discri"inated a%ainst in the depression?
What did 3leanor Roose'elt do to FDR?
What did the /lac# +abinet disc&ss with FDR?
Why were radio and "o'ies so i"portant in the depression?
Vocabulary)
Great 1lains
D&st /owl
"i%rant wor#er
4First 5ady6
ci'il ri%hts

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