1. 7.3: The 1930s & the Great Depression  Follow along in the student packet: “Content students MUST KNOW to be successful on the GHSGT” (p. 135-136) Click Here

2. 3.3 Content

3. Unemployment, 1929-1942

4. Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal Wagner Act, 1938

5. Unemployment, 1929-1942

6. “Hoovervilles” during the Great Depression consisted of 1. pockets of the country that supported President Hoover. 2. deserted towns filled with foreclosed businesses. 3. groups of makeshift homes in shantytowns. 4. poor urban immigrant communities. 0 5 10

7. SPEED This new law guaranteed workers the right to unionize and to bargain collectively. 1. Social Securities Act 2. Wagner Act 3. Civilian Conservation Corps 4. Tennessee Valley Authority 0 5 10

8. SPEED Which program insures bank deposits? 1. FDIC 2. CCC 3. TVA 4. Social Security Act 0 5 10

9. SPEED This program was designed to provide electrical power and economic recovery to impoverished farmers. 1. CCC 2. WPA 3. SEC 4. TVA 0 5 10

10. SPEED What act of Congress launched the American welfare system? 1. Social Security Act of 1935 2. Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 3. Federal Emergency Relief Act of 1933 4. National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 0 5 10

11. SPEED Franklin Roosevelt's plan to heal the country’s “sick” economy was called 1. Square Deal. 2. New Deal. 3. New Frontier. 4. Great Society. 0 5 10

12. The philosophy behind the New Deal was primarily to 1. restore the laissez-faire capitalism which had worked so well in the early 1920's. 2. eliminate the massive federal deficit which had led to the Great Depression by mandating a balanced federal budget. 3. cut down the size of government, which had become a massive drain on the nation's economy. 4. expand the role of federal government in providing jobs, relief for the unemployed, and better wages. 0 5 10