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What caused the stock market crash of 1929?
Why did farm prices drop? (two answers)
According to John Green, what was the most plausible cause of the Great Depression?
On what did Herbert Hoover lay the blame for the Depression?
Was he wrong? Why or why not?
What was the Reconstruction Finance Corporation? Did it work? Why or why not?
Why is the Great Depression still relevant today?
What became known as Black Tuesday?
What does the government ‘unemployment rate’ actually measure?
What are some of the everyday struggles the family faces? (be specific; give 3 examples)
What does the CCC offer/provide?
Why does the character (you) hesitate to apply?
What are the “3 R’s” of the New Deal?
What was the main goal of the “First New Deal?”
What was one of the controversial acts that John Green mentioned? Why was it controversial?
What was the goal of the “Second New Deal?”
What did the New Deal actually accomplish?
What was the first thing FDR did when he attained the office of president?
Why did so much of FDR’s new government programs aim to help the farmers?
What do historians agree put an end to The Great Depression?
How did the government’s role in people’s lives change under FDR? Be specific.
• Contrast the liberal view versus the conservative view in regards to the government’s role in citizen’s lives.