Unit 7 - Great Depression and the New Deal

The Great Depression and the New Deal

Unit 7

STANDARDS:

SSUSH17 Analyze the causes and consequences of the Great Depression.

a. Describe the causes, including overproduction, underconsumption, and stock market speculation that led to the stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression.

b. Explain factors (include over-farming and climate) that led to the Dust Bowl and the resulting movement and migration west.

c. Explain the social and political impact of widespread unemployment that resulted in developments such as Hoovervilles.

SSUSH18 Evaluate Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal as a response to the Great Depression and compare how governmental programs aided those in need.

a. Describe Roosevelt’s attempts at relief, recovery, and reform reflected in various New Deal programs.

b. Explain the passage of the Social Security Act as a part of the second New Deal.

c. Analyze political challenges to Roosevelt’s leadership and New Deal programs.

d. Examine how Eleanor Roosevelt changed the role of the First Lady including development of New Deal programs to aid those in need.

ESSAY DATE:

January 17, 2019

TEST DATE:

January 22, 2019

ONLINE TEXTBOOK:

Chapter 20 - Politics of the Roaring 20's

Chapter 21 - Roaring Life of the 1920's

Chapter 22 - The Great Depression Begins