The Great Depression
Grade 8•45 minutes•SSUSH18 Evaluate Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal as a response to the Great Depression and compare how governmental programs aided those in need.
Describe Roosevelt’s attempts at relief, recovery, and reform reflected in various New Deal programs.
Explain the passage of the Social Security Act as a part of the second New Deal.
Analyze political challenges to Roosevelt’s leadership and New Deal programs.
Examine how Eleanor Roosevelt changed the role of the First Lady including development of New Deal programs to aid those in need.
Learning Objective
I can analyze how the New Deal tried to provide relief, recovery, and reform during the Great Depression and discuss some criticisms of these programs.
Practice Questions
This lesson includes 7 practice questions to reinforce learning.
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1. Describe two factors that contributed to the economic prosperity of the "Roaring Twenties" in the United States.
2. Explain how speculation in the stock market contributed to the economic instability leading up to the Great Depression.
3. What happened on "Black Thursday" and "Black Tuesday" in 1929, and why were these events significant?
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