1. 14 The Great Depression Begins The Nation’s Sick Economy
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C H A P T E R
The Great Depression Begins
CHAPTER OBJECTIVE
INTERACT WITH HISTORY
TIME LINE
SECTION 1
The Nation’s Sick Economy
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SECTION 2
Hardship and Suffering During the Depression
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SECTION 3
Hoover Struggles with the Depression
VISUAL SUMMARY

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C H A P T E R
The Great Depression Begins
CHAPTER OBJECTIVE
To understand the causes and consequences of the Great Depression and the futility of Hoover’s actions to limit the damage

3. 14 The Great Depression Begins I N T E R A C T
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The Great Depression Begins
I N T E R A C T
W I T H H I S T O R Y
The year is The United States economy has collapsed. Farms, businesses, and banks nationwide are failing, causing massive unemployment and poverty. You are out of work with little prospect of finding a job.
What would you do to feed your family?
Examine the Issues
• What groups of people will be most hurt by the economic crash?
• What can you do to find a paying job?
• What can unemployed and impoverished people do to help each other?

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C H A P T E R
The Great Depression Begins
TIME LINE
The United States
The World
1929 The first Academy Awards are presented. The stock market crashes.
1930 Army officers led by José Uriburu seize control of the government of Argentina.
More than 40% of the nation’s banks fail.
1931 Japan invades Manchuria.
1931 Jane Addams shares the Nobel Peace Prize million Americans are unemployed.
1932 The Bonus Army arrives in Washington, D.C. Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected president.
1932 Ibn Sa’ud becomes king of newly-united Saudi Arabia. From prison, Mohandas K. Gandhi leads a protest against British policies in India.
1933 “Century of Progress Exposition” begins. The Twenty-first Amendment ends Prohibition. More than 13 million Americans are unemployed.
1933 Adolf Hitler takes power in Germany. Japan withdraws from the League of Nations.

5. The Nation’s Sick Economy
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The Nation’s Sick Economy
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KEY IDEA
Economic problems affecting industries, farmers, and consumers lead to the Great Depression.
OVERVIEW
ASSESSMENT

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The Nation’s Sick Economy
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OVERVIEW
MAIN IDEA
WHY IT MATTERS NOW
As the prosperity of the 1920s ended, severe economic problems gripped the nation.
The Great Depression has had lasting effects on how Americans view themselves and their government.
TERMS & NAMES
• Alfred E. Smith
• Great Depression
• Black Tuesday
• buying on margin
• Dow Jones Industrial Average
• Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act
• credit
• speculation
• price support
ASSESSMENT

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ASSESSMENT
1. List the causes and effects of the 1929 stock market crash.
Cause
Effect
Buying on margin
Loss of confidence
Falling stock prices
Speculation
Stock Market Crash
High unemployment
Loss of savings
Bank failures
Bankrupt businesses
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ASSESSMENT
2. How did the economic trends of the 1920s help cause the Great Depression? Think About:
• what happened in industry
• what happened in agriculture
• what happened with consumers
ANSWER
Industries: Less peacetime demand for goods
Agriculture: International demand for crops fell, farmers went bankrupt, and rural banks failed.
Consumers: Credit debt proved disastrous when the banks failed.
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ASSESSMENT
3. Judging from the events of the late 1920s and early 1930s, how important do you think public confidence is to the health of the economy? Think About:
• what happened when overconfidence in the stock market led people to speculate and buy on margin
• how confidence affects consumer borrowing
ANSWER
Too much confidence can lead to making unwise decisions, such as taking on too much debt. Too little can lead to money being pulled out of the stock market and banks—triggering a panic.
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10. Hardship and Suffering During the Depression
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Hardship and Suffering During the Depression
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KEY IDEA
The Great Depression brings suffering of many kinds and degrees to people from all walks of life.
OVERVIEW
ASSESSMENT

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Hardship and Suffering During the Depression
OVERVIEW
MAIN IDEA
WHY IT MATTERS NOW
During the Great Depression, Americans did what they had to do to survive.
Since the Great Depression, many Americans have been more cautious about saving, investing, and borrowing.
TERMS & NAMES
• shantytown
• direct relief
• soup kitchen
• Dust Bowl
• bread line
ASSESSMENT

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Hardship and Suffering During the Depression
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1. List the effects that the Great Depression had on farmers and city dwellers. Identify the differences and the similarities.
Farmers
Both
City Dwellers
Lost land, grew their own food, turned to tenant farming
Lost their jobs and homes
Lost jobs, ended up in the streets, built shantytowns, took food from soup kitchens
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Hardship and Suffering During the Depression
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2. How was what happened to men during the Great Depression different from what happened to women? children? Think About:
• each group’s role in their families
• the changes each group had to make
• what help was available to them
ANSWER
Men: depressed over changes in their status and inability to provide for their families; wandered the country looking for work
Women: forced to take a more active role in the survival of their families by working outside the home
Children: stopped going to school, went to work; suffered from malnutrition and diet-related diseases
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14. Hardship and Suffering During the Depression
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Hardship and Suffering During the Depression
ASSESSMENT
3. How did Dust Bowl conditions in the Great Plains affect the entire country?
ANSWER
Eastern cities were covered with dirt blown from the plains. Hundreds of thousands of farm families migrated to California, where unemployment soared.
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Hardship and Suffering During the Depression
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4. In what ways did the Great Depression affect people’s outlook?
ANSWER
The economic problems forced people to make compromises and sacrifices in their goal to be financially secure.
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16. Hoover Struggles with the Depression
S E C T I O N 3
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Hoover Struggles with the Depression
KEY IDEA
President Hoover tries to restore confidence and halt the Depression, but his actions are ineffective.
OVERVIEW
ASSESSMENT

17. Hoover Struggles with the Depression
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Hoover Struggles with the Depression
OVERVIEW
MAIN IDEA
WHY IT MATTERS NOW
President Hoover’s conservative response to the Great Depression drew criticism from many Americans.
Worsening conditions in the country caused the government to become more involved in the health and wealth of the people.
TERMS & NAMES
• Herbert Hoover
• Federal Home Loan Bank Act
• Reconstruction Finance Corporation
• Bonus Army
• Boulder Dam
ASSESSMENT

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Hoover Struggles with the Depression
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ASSESSMENT
1. Explain what Hoover said and did in response to the Great Depression.
“Any lack of confidence in the economic future…is foolish”
Sending of troops against Bonus Army
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
“rugged individualism”
Federal Home Loan Bank Act
Hoover’s Responses
Boulder Dam
Public-works programs
Federal Farm Board
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Hoover Struggles with the Depression
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2. How did Hoover’s belief in “rugged individualism” shape his policies during the Great Depression? Think About:
• what his belief implies about his view of people
• how that translates into the role of government
• Hoover’s policies
ANSWER
Hoover’s belief in “rugged individualism” implied limited government intervention and prompted him to take a cautious approach.
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Hoover Struggles with the Depression
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ASSESSMENT
3. When Franklin Delano Roosevelt heard about the attack on the Bonus Army, why was he so certain that he would defeat Hoover? Think About:
• the American public’s impression of Hoover
• Hoover’s actions to alleviate the Great Depression
• how people judged Hoover after the attack
ANSWER
The public wanted a leader who would act to relieve its suffering. The attack made Hoover seem uncaring and cruel. Also, the public already blamed Hoover for its suffering, and the attack just confirmed that negative impression of him.
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