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 * Great Depression Unit Objectives **

Students will be able to:
 * Explain how the stock market crashed in 1929 and how it affected Americans
 * Identify the effects of the Great Depression on the American people
 * Explain the differences in philosophies and policies between President Hoover and President Roosevelt in response to the Great Depression
 * Describe how the programs of the New Deal helped to solve the problems of the Great Depression


 * MA Learning Standards: **

**USII.11** Describe the various causes and consequences of the global depression of the 1930s, and analyze how Americans responded to the Great Depression. (H, E) A. restrictive monetary policies B. unemployment C. support for political and economic reform D. the influence of the ideas of John Maynard Keynes, and the critique of centralized economic planning and management by Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich von Hayek, and Milton Friedman

**USII.12** Analyze the important policies, institutions, and personalities of the New Deal era. (H)

//People // A. President Herbert Hoover B. President Franklin D. Roosevelt C. Eleanor Roosevelt D. Huey Long E. Charles Coughlin

//Policies // <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">the establishment of <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">A. the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">B. the Securities and Exchange Commission <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">C. the Tennessee Valley Authority <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">D. the Social Security Act, the National Labor Relations Act <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">E. the Works Progress Administration <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">F. the Fair Labor Standards Act

//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Institutions // <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">A. the American Federation of Labor <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">B. the Congress of Industrial Organizations <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">C. the American Communist Party

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**USII.13** Explain how the Great Depression and the New Deal affected American society. (H) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">A. the increased importance of the federal government in establishing economic and social policies <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">B. the emergence of a "New Deal coalition" consisting of African Americans, blue-collar workers, poor farmers, Jews, and Catholics

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Lesson 1 - Stock Market Crash of 1929 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Lesson 2 - The Development of the Great Depression <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Lesson 3 - Philosophies of Hoover and Roosevelt <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Lesson 4 - The New Deal - Alphabet Soup Relief Programs