Starter quiz
- Write the missing word. A ______ was a long queue formed at charity-run soup kitchens during the Great Depression.
- 'breadline' ✓
- Write the missing number. One in ______ American workers was unemployed by 1932.
- 'four' ✓
- What were Hoovervilles?
- Large cities built during the Great Depression.
- Rural farming communities set up during the Great Depression.
- Camps built by the homeless during the Great Depression. ✓
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- How did African American unemployment compare to the national average during the Great Depression?
- African American unemployment was four times higher than the average.
- African American unemployment was double the average. ✓
- African American unemployment was the same as the average.
- African American unemployment was half the average.
- African American unemployment was a quarter of the average.
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- Why could millions of Americans living in the Midwest during the 1930s be called refugees?
- They moved as they wanted to find better paying work elsewhere.
- The Great Depression led to widespread conflict in these areas.
- Environmental change destroyed their farming land, forcing them to move. ✓
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- Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
- 1⇔Wall Street Crash leads to share prices plummeting.
- 2⇔Many shareholders bankrupted.
- 3⇔Banks begin to fail.
- 4⇔Ordinary Americans lose their savings.
- 5⇔Consumers spend less of their income.
- 6⇔Company profits fall and businesses fail.
Exit quiz
- Match up each key word with its correct definition.
- Pension⇔Money paid to a person once they are elderly and no longer work ✓
- Public works⇔Construction projects on things like roads paid for by the government ✓
- Relief⇔Food, money or services provided to people in need is called relief ✓
- Write the missing surname. Franklin D. ______ won the 1932 presidential election by a landslide.
- 'Roosevelt' ✓
- What did Roosevelt's New Deal promise?
- More government support to help Americans. ✓
- More rugged individualism to help Americans.
- More use of technology to help Americans.
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- Which statement is most accurate?
- President Hoover offered no support whatsover to struggling Americans.
- The support President Hoover provided was criticised as too little too late. ✓
- Hoover provided large amounts of support during the Great Depression.
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- Starting with the earliest, sort the following developments to explain how US tariff policy harmed American businesses.
- 1⇔Hawley-Smoot tariff introduced.
- 2⇔European governments retaliate with their own tariffs.
- 3⇔US exports to Europe become less competitive.
- 4⇔US businesses make less money from selling abroad.
- 5⇔More US businesses fail.
- Starting with earliest, sort the following steps to explain how Roosevelt planned to help the economy recover.
- 1⇔Increase government funding for public works.
- 2⇔New jobs generated in areas such as construction.
- 3⇔People have more money to spend.
- 4⇔Businesses sell more and can begin to grow again.
- 5⇔Employment rises further.
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Key learning points
- President Hoover believed in the idea of ‘rugged individualism’.
- The public often argued that Hoover's policies failed to help them during the Great Depression.
- Hoover lost the 1932 election and was beaten by Franklin D. Roosevelt by a landslide.
- Roosevelt's promise of 'a New Deal for the American people' was very popular with American voters.
Common misconception
President Hoover did nothing to try and help Americans during the Great Depression.
At times, Hoover refused to act to provide relief, especially at the start of the Great Depression, but by 1932, the president was taking more action to try and help, such as setting up the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
Keywords
Rugged - someone may be described as rugged if they are tough and determined
Retaliation - retaliation involves harming another person or group after they have acted in a way which hurt you
Public works - public works involve the construction of roads, bridges, hospitals and similar things that are paid for by the government
Pension - a pension is money paid to a person once they are elderly and no longer work
Relief - food, money or services provided to people in need is called relief
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