Review Sheet - The Great Depression & The New Deal

The Great Depression & The New Deal Review

What economic change led to the economic boom of the 1920’s?
Why did Farmers fail to prosper during the 1920’s?
What were the reasons for the Great Depression?
How does Trickle Down (or Supply Side) economics work?
What did the term “rugged individualism” mean?
How did President Hoover believe that the Depression could be ended?
Why did FDR beat Hoover in the election of 1932?
What was the role of the government in the Depression according to Roosevelt?
What was the purpose of Relief program?
What was the purpose of Recovery programs?
What was the purpose of Reform programs?
What type of movies and books were popular during the Depression?
Who became the best known folk musician during the 1930’s?
What problems did FDR have with the Supreme Court? How did he try to solve those problems?
Why was FDR criticized for his plan to pack the Supreme Court?
Which program was created to prevent stock market abuses?
Which program was created to encourage people to deposit their money in banks? How did this program work?
How did the New Deal change the role of the Federal Government?
When did the Great Depression finally end?
What was the purpose of the Social Security Act?
In which region of the United States did the Dust Bowl develop in the 1930’s?
Which government program would be most helpful to people who lived in the Dust Bowl?
What happened to labor unions during the Great Depression?

New Deal Homework - Due Wednesday, March 23rd

Answer the following questions in paragraph form typed and CREATIVE with color (computer graphics or hand drawn) for the bumper sticker!

1. Describe the New Deal in your own words?

2. Create a bumper sticker for one of the New Deal programs discussed we have learned about. It should refer to the name of the program and show how the program was trying to address a problem during the Great Depression and / or help Americans affected by it.

3. Identify which New Deal programs would have most benefited your family? Provide two examples and explain how they may have helped you and/or your family.

4. How is The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Stimulus Package) passed by Congress & signed by President Obama in March 2009 similar to the New Deal?

Review - Imperalism & World War I

Review: Imperalism & World War I

What are the main causes of Imperialism? What led to America’s search for colonies?
Identify several reasons (immediate and underlying) for US involvement in the Spanish American War.
What was the Open Door Policy? Why did America want this policy?
What is yellow journalism? What role did this type of journalism play in the Spanish American War?
The US intervened in Latin American affairs more and more as the 20th century was beginning…why?
What caused the US to leave behind the policy of neutrality?
Identify reasons for US involvement in World War I:
At the beginning of World War I, how did President Wilson continue the traditional foreign policy of the US?
What was the United States’ relationship with Mexico during WWI? What document shaped this relationship?
How did the Fourteen Points proposed by President Woodrow Wilson inspire hopes for a fair settlement of World War I?
Identify a similarity between the US Articles of Confederation and the League of Nations.
Name the “Big Four” from the Treaty of Versailles convention and where they were from.
Explain the decision in Schenck v. United States. How did it impact the idea of personal freedoms in relation to the Constitution? What was the result?
According to the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, when did the US have the right to intervene in foreign affairs?
Explain in detail the outcome of the Treaty of Versailles (regarding Germany, League of Nations, etc).
Identify reasons for American support of the Allies upon entry into WWI.
What objection did many American senators have to the entering the League of Nations?
What was the main objective of Wilson’s 14 Points?
What was the outcome of the Treaty of Versailles in the US Senate was it approved or rejected? Why?