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2. After-School Review #7: The Great Depression
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A Time of Poverty and Despair

3. What did President Franklin Roosevelt do that caused the controversy illustrated in this cartoon?
He increased military spending
He created a plan to assume some powers reserved to the states
He tried to counter the Dust Bowl with conservation measures
He made proposals that violated the principle of separation of powers

4. I seen the wind so high that it blowed my fences down, I’ve seen the wind so high that it blowed my fences down, Buried my tractor six feet underground. Well, it turned my farm into a pile of sand, Yes, it turned my farm into a pile of sand, I had to hit that road with a bottle in my hand.
What event inspired this song?
A the rise of “Hoovervilles”
B the stock market crash
C the Bonus Army
D the Dust Bowl

5. What was the “new tool” that FDR used to make the New Deal programs a reality?
Deficit Spending

6. During the 1930s, a couple of New Deal programs were tasked with planting trees to create over 18,000 miles of windbreaks in the Midwest. Why did the government invest in this project?
A to provide jobs for immigrant workers who were coming from Europe
B to alleviate overcrowding by turning farms into forests
C to encourage the growth of the timber industry in the area
D to prevent conditions that would lead to another Dust Bowl

7. A The Supreme Court maintained its position that Congress did not have the authority to enact
economic recovery programs.
B The Supreme Court changed its interpretation of the Constitution to allow more government
control of the economy.
C The Supreme Court supported the constitutionality of New Deal programs from the time they
were enacted.
D The Supreme Court reversed its position on New Deal programs and promoted a return to
laissez-faire capitalism.
What inference about the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Constitution during the Depression can be drawn from the decisions in these cases?

8. Which statement provides an analysis of how deficit spending impacted the nation in this time period? A Deficit spending was used to reduce the impact of the Depression and help the United States fight in World War II. B A sharp rise in deficit spending worsened the Depression and left the United States unprepared to participate in World War II. C Deficit spending levels during World War I set the standard for spending levels during World War II. D Increases in deficit spending during the 1920s contributed to the stock market crash and caused the Depression.

9. The Works Progress Administration and Social Security
The Resettlement Administration and Soil Conservation Act
The Tennessee Valley Authority and Works Progress Administration
The Job Corps and Department of Housing and Urban Development
What New Deal programs were put into place to address the problems depicted in this photograph?

10. What does this cartoon illustrate?
Roosevelt’s dependency on Congress to get all of his legislative goals accomplished
Roosevelt’s frustration with the Supreme Court ruling New Deal policies unconstitutional
States resisting Congress’ efforts to strengthen the New Deal
The unconditional support the Supreme Court gave to the President in his decisions concerning economic legislation

11. Which action by President Herbert Hoover foreshadowed actions taken by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt as part of the New Deal? A relying on private charities to help the American poor B hiring out-of-work men to build the Boulder Dam C giving speeches about “rugged individualism” D ignoring the advice of cabinet members

12. Why would he offer this competing plan? What was it called?
Did it work?
Why/Why not?
Which individual’s viewpoints are best represented in this quote about the New Deal?
Father Charles Coughlin
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Senator Huey Long
Why would he offer this competing plan?
What was it called?

13. What caused this trend?
What did the government do about it?

14. What trend(s) do you see on the graph?
What accounts for this trend/these trends?
What caused the decrease in ?
What caused the increase in ?
If the graph were to continue, do you see employment increasing or decreasing? Why?