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The Great Depression (1929- 1930)
Enduring Understandings and Standards
Enduring Understandings
1. As the 1920s progressed, serious problems threatened economic prosperity.
2. The Great Depression has had lasting impact on how Americans view
themselves and their government.
3. Various push and pull factors caused massive migration in the U.S. during the
Twenties and Thirties.
4. Roosevelt’s New Deal program focused on relief, recovery and reform.
5. The federal government often expands its power during times of crisis.
o Analyze the impact of the 20’s and 30’s on the expansion of the federal
government.
o Evaluate the effectiveness of New Deal measures in ending the Great
Depression
People, Event, and Vocabulary
1929
overproduction
under-consumption
installment buying
tariffs
foreclosures
collateral
speculation
buying on the margin
stock pools
sharecropping
Federal Reserve System
monetary policy
Andrew Mellon
Herbert Hoover
trickle- down economics
welfare
rugged individualism
Public Works Projects
Reconstruction Finance
Corporation
Bonus Army
Dust Bowl
Overproduction
severe drought
Okies
under-consumption,
Foreclosure
Mortgage
migration push and pull factors
FDR
New Deal,
relief, recovery, reform,
regulation
Alphabet soup agencies including
:FDIC, Securities and Exchange
Commission, Social Security,
National Recovery Act,
Tennessee Valley Authority, AAA,
WPA, CCC, FHA, PWA, SEC
Courtpacking
judicial branch
checks and balances
separation of powers