Chapter 8 Section 1 Questions                                                                                                    Back

  1. What did the stocks do while the economy was in decline?
  2. Explain how margin buying brought down the stock market.
  3. What problems did industry face? and banks?
  4. How were banks affected by the depression?
  5. What is meant by "human cost"?  Describe this cost.
  6. Explain how Hoover was good or bad for the depression.
  7. What was the Bonus Army?  Whose side did they belong?  How did the government respond?
  8. List two financial terms and define each.
  9. Explain overproduction.
  10. Why do you think Oct. 29, 1929 is called, Black Tuesday?

 

 

Chapter 8 Section 2 Questions

  1. Who was FDR?  What name goes with the initials and describe the person.
  2. Describe the results of the Hoover/Roosevelt election in 1932.  Explain the electoral votes as best as you can.
  3. What is a fireside chat?  Why do you think it is called a fireside chat?
  4. What were the three goals of the New Deal?
  5. Describe the relief for the jobless.
  6. What did Roosevelt do to help industry and agriculture recover.
  7. What action did Roosevelt take to prevent future depressions?
  8. What were some obstacles to Roosevelt’s plan?
  9. What was Roosevelt’s plan for the Supreme Court?
  10. Who were three outspoken critics of Roosevelt’s plan? Briefly explain each critic’s alternative.

Chapter 8 Section 3 Questions

1.   Describe the advantages and disadvantages of women during the Great Depression.
2.   Why is Eleanor Roosevelt called an active First Lady?
3.   How did the Great Depression affect African Americans in the South and the North?
4.   Define Civil Rights.
1.5.   Explain why FDR has a mixed record regarding civil rights.
6.   How were Mexicans and Indians treated?
7.   Explain how farming practices lead to the Dust Bowl.
8.   Describe the plight of sharecroppers and migrant workers displaced by the Dust Bowl.
9.   Who is John Steinbeck?
10.  Describe how FDR’s New Deal and the Great Depression impacted art and the media.