The Great Depression Interviews

Read the following documents to prepare for the New Deal debate:

New Deal Debate

To what extent was the New Deal a success?

-What was successful?

-What improvements were still needed?

Consider the following prompts for the debate:

To what extent were people helped?

Did gender and race/nationality factor into individual or group experience

Did gender and race/nationality factor into New Deal policies?

To what extent did the New Deal help or have an effect on: economy, politics, groups of people (farmers, etc.)?

What legacy did the New Deal leave?

You are not limited to the above prompts. Feel free to present your own questions for the debate.

The Great Depression and New Deal Study Guide

Part 1: Multiple Choice- 15 document based questions

Causes of the Great Depression

Dust Bowl

Literature associated with the Dust Bowl

Great Depression’s effects on immigrants

New Deal agencies

Opposition to the New Deal

Huey Long

Father Coughlin

Dr. Francis Townsend

Part 2: Long Essay Question: one question will be selected for the test

Analyze the role of TWO of the following in explaining the causes of the Great Depression and to what degree that cause was addressed during the Hoover and Roosevelt administrations:

Farm problems

Income distribution

World trade and finance

Government policy

How successful were the programs of the New Deal in solving the problems of the Great Depression? Assess with responding to TWO of the following:

Relief

Recovery

Reform

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