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1 Yee Haw Game Welcome Back Bell Ringer: Great Depression Vocabulary List 4-5 things you did over your break! FYI: Spiral Check Jan 12

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15 Great Depression and New Deal 1. Black Tuesday 15. Social Security System (Act) 2. Bonus Army 16. Speculation 3. Deficit Spending 17. Court Packing 4. Dust Bowl 18. Wagner Act 5. Great Depression 19. Second New Deal 6. Hooverville 20. Father Coughlin (325) 7. Hawley-Smoot Tariff 21. Dorthea Lange (344) 8. Hundred Days 22. Huey Long (325) 9. Closed Shops 23. Frances Perkins (321) 10. Trickle down economics 24. Fair Labor Standards Act 11. New Deal 25. The Grapes of Wrath (345) 12. Penny Auctions 26. TN Valley Authority 13. Public Works Administration 27. Fireside Chats 14. Reconstruction Finance 28. Civilian Conservation Corps Corporations

16 Reminders: Vocabulary Quiz Tuesday You must make up your hours if you owe them! Spiral Check 1/12 Agenda: Causes of Great Depression

17 What is a Depression? Depression a sharp & sustained decline in economic activity Great Depression longest/worst in economic history Depression did not occur in 1 day - progressive Oct. 29, 1929 stock market crashed Had been steadily growing weaker Oct. 24 began panic selling of stocks Stock prices dropped 2/3 Economy reached bottom in 1932

18 5 causes of the Great Depression You need to read as a table team pg top 306 and take notes over using the note sheet provided. When you are finished you need a piece of white paper out of the tray on the bookshelf & to draw & color the causes of the Great Depression #1 Weak economy #2 Overproduction/ Underconsumption #3 Poor distribution of purchasing power #4 Debt threatened economy #5 International debts not paid

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20 Reminders: Vocabulary Quiz Tuesday. Vocabulary & Illustration of Causes due Monday Spiral Check 1/12 Agenda: Grading Causes Worksheet Two Presidents Approaches

21 Causes of Great Depression 1.Summarize Explain why the large gap between the rich and the poor led to economic instability The wealthy few could not purchase the mass quantities that were being purchased. There was a problem of overproduction of goods and under consumption by the less wealthy. The Stock Market Hits Bottom: Text 2.Identify Cause and Effect What role did credit and speculation play in the stock market crash? Americans easily purchased goods and stocks on credit allowing debt to be built up, and not realizing that if the market crashed all would be lost. 3.Use Visual Information on page 304 & 305 How do the photographs in The Stock Market Hits Bottom help you understand the effect of the stock market crash of 1929?

22 Causes of Great Depression People lost their jobs & homes Hawley Smoot Tariff Bank failures 5. Summarize What was the goal of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff? Was the tariff successful? To reboot the American economy by raising the cost of goods from other countries. It did not work. 6. Analyze Interactions Explain how the depression in the United States affected the economy of Europe. The other countries retaliated by passing their own tariffs deepening the economic crisis.

23 Matrix Formulaic Expression Instructions Read pages with shoulder partner in read and respond Person 1 will read first Person 2 will choose from the following 1 thing I heard you say was, 1 thing I was confused about here was, 1 thing I would like to know more was. Continue this process 2 paragraph at a time as a table until finished reading. When finished raise your hands!

24 Reminders: Vocabulary Quiz Tuesday. Spiral Check 1/12 Get your work from yesterday, completed! If you are finished you need to complete your vocabulary OR your 5 causes illustrations

25 Exit Ticket Which President do you believe responded the best to the problems the people face? Why do you believe they responded the best? Provided examples

26 Bell Ringer: Vocab Quiz / Spiral Check 1/12 Agenda: Great Depression Scrapbook Start Vocabulary Quiz: Room: F SHOW ME YOUR COMPLETED VOCAB & YOU CAN USE IT

27 Happy Tuesday!! Bell Ringer: Get your work from Friday out we are grading it! Spiral Test Thursday Great Depression TEST ON Friday!!!

28 Happy Tuesday!! Bell Ringer: Get your work from Friday out we are grading it! Spiral Test Thursday Great Depression TEST ON Friday!!!

29 Two Presidents Respond 1. He felt the government should stay out of it, and that it was a natural occurrence of the market. He believed localism was the solution to the problem. 2. Hoover stopped taking a hands off approach and asked Congress to pass the Reconstruction Finance Corporation that would supply the railroad and big businesses money as well as bankers. The hope was that the money would trickle down.

30 Two Presidents Respond 3. He believed that the railroads, banks & large businesses would hire people boosting employment, or increase loaning and reinfuse the economy, which individuals could not do on their own. 4. No the Bonus Army was not handled well because General MacArthur removed the veterans with force rather than having Hoover handle the political problem himself.

31 Two Presidents Respond Hoover s Actions Supported relief from state & local governments Tried voluntary cooperation & urged owners of banks to loan money to failing banks Supported the creation of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The RFC issued loans to banks, railroads and other big businesses hoping prosperity would seep to the economy Supported a bill that gave RFC power to loan money to states that needed to provide relief to the needy. Roosevelt s Actions Believed in a New Deal Created a Brain Trust to help work on the problems

32 Two presidents respond 5. Eleanor Roosevelt was deeply involved in FDR s presidency. She traveled and met with American people and made them feel heard and was FDR s eyes and ears. 6. Shows that FDR was capable of getting us safely out of the Great Depression

33 Instructions for Human Impact There will be 4 readings You will rotate each station At the station you will read the letter AND: Write a quotation from it that describes 1 way people endured hardship in the depression Then read what piece of the book it wants you to read After you have read the book you should write 3 facts per the instructions on your paper Finally you will need to write a thought bubble for how your person felt.

34 Illinois 1933 unemployment rate was 25% African Americans were 1 st to lose their jobs. Their unemployment was 50% in some cities Women often lost their jobs to give to men. New Jersey As many as 1/5 New York kids suffered from malnutrition Illness among unemployed was 66% higher than families with full-time wage earner. Soup kitchens & breadlines started to feed the hungry. Human Impact Answer Texas The dust bowl was so bad they called them black blizzards The long drought affected 100 million acres of farmland in TX, OK, NM, Co & KA. Region known as Dust Bowl Grapes of Wrath told story of Dust Bowl migrants who went to CA. Pennsylvania Northeast struck by series of record breaking storms in March 1936 causing massive flooding. PA hit hardest by the Great flood. 82,00 buildings destroyed and 84 died. After floods President Roosevelt signed national flood program into law.

35 Happy Tuesday We have a test on Friday! Spiral Check is Thursday

36 Agenda: Spiral Test Great Depression Review Great Depression Test Tomorrow!

37 Review for test! Great Depression Test Today!

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39 Texas The was so bad they called them Human Impact Answer The long affected 100 million acres of farmland in TX, OK, NM, Co & KA. Region known as Dust Bowl told story of Dust Bowl migrants who went to CA. Pennsylvania struck by series of record breaking storms in March 1936 causing massive flooding. PA hit hardest by the. 82,00 buildings destroyed and 84 died. After floods President Roosevelt signed into law. Oregon People had land often grew food to eat or trade People sold apples on the street home to make. During school year about college students dropped out Georgia Hard for people to admit they needed help. One man said he and family lived on and for 3 weeks before he asked for relief. In New York increased from 4.5 million in 1930 to 21 million in 1932 tried to help people who were out of work, but ran out of money because of the amount who needed help.

40 Illinois 1933 rate was were 1 st to lose their jobs. Their unemployment was in some cities often lost their jobs to give to men. North Dakota who couldn t pay their bills or sell their farms due to low property values lost their homes. Families often had to live with relatives or because they couldn t afford, and teenagers left home when cost got to high. rates dropped because people didn t have money. Human Impact Answer Ohio When people couldn t their they were evicted Seattle s consisted of more than shacks. would leave home to ride the rails in search of work. New Jersey As many as kids suffered from Illness among was higher than families with full-time wage earner. & breadlines started to feed the.

41 3 Facts for Illinois Unemployment rate African American Unemployment rate Effects on Women 3 Facts for North Dakota 1 on farmers 1 on family living 1 on marriage & birth

42 3 Facts for Texas 1 on the Dust Bowl 1 on the effect of the Dust Bowl 3 Facts for Pennsylvania 1 storms 2 on effects & outcomes of floods 1 on Grapes of Wrath

43 3 Facts for Georgia 1 on people s life & choices 1 on New York 3 Facts for Oregon 2 what people did to survive 1 on college life 1 on local & state government s role

44 3 Facts for New Jersey 1 on kids life 1 on illness 3 Facts for Ohio 2 on living situations 1 teenage life 1 on programs to help relieve hunger

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