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Great Depression Study Guide
Name: __________________________
Part 1: Random Facts I Breezed Over
1) The Wright Brothers made the 1st plane. (See Pic)
2) Henry Ford did not just make the car, he made the
assembly line (we learned this months ago)
3) The assembly line made cars affordable for many
people. Lots more people bought his cars.
Part 2: Causes of the Great Depression
Cause
Explain How it Led to the Depression
1
Stock Market
In 1929, after lots of over-speculation the New York
Stock Exchange dropped really fast.
2
International Trade
3
Banks
When banks started going bankrupt, people started
taking all of their money out of banks.
Part 3: Effects of the Great Depression
Effects
1
Unemployment
2
Bread Lines
3
Farming
4
Hoovervilles
5
Charity
Explain what the effect was.
Part 4: Herbert Hoover vs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
1928-1932
What did he
believe was the
government’s
role in
recovery?
What was his
big plan to help
Americans
recover from
Depression?
Franklin Roosevelt
1932-1945
Part 5: New Deal Programs
Motive
Who was
affected?
Part 6: Terms
What is it?
How were people affected?
Make a Card
for Each Term
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Terms
Agricultural
Adjustment
Administration
(include what it is
AND effects on
people)
CCC
Hoovervilles
Civilian
Conservation
Corps
New Deal
CWA
Bread lines
Civil Works
Administration
Unemployment
NYA
National Youth
Administration
SSA
Social Security
Administration
TVA
Tennessee Valley
Authority
WPA
Works Progress
Administration
People
(include what they
did & why they
matter)
FDR
Herbert Hoover
Great Depression Study Guide
Name: __________________________