Great Depression
US History: Great Depression.
Lesson Objectives:
Upon completion of this lesson, students should be able to:
– interpret the effects of the Great Depression on people in the U.S.
– identify the government efforts to get out of the Depression
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Identifications:
Read Digital History (textbook tab): Great Depression, “1930s,” http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/era.cfm?eraID=14&smtid=2
(Links to an external site.)
In preparation for the final exam, define:
Charles Ponzi, the Bonus Army, the New Deal, the National Recovery Administration, the Indian New Deal
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Essay question :
Read key passages from Emergency Relief in North Carolina, https://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/emergencyrelief/emergencyrelief.html (Links to an external site.)
Describe the impacts of the Great Depression and the New Deal using Emergency Relief in North Carolina as evidence. Were government efforts to provide support were successful? Why or why not? For more information on Great Depression check on this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
