Chapter 21 Section 1
Causes of the Depression
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Use the underlined headings on this worksheet and the blue and red titles in the textbook to help fill in the following sheet.
As you read please keep in mind the following question:
How did the prosperity of the 1920s give way to the Great Depression?
Prosperity Hides Troubles
Prosperity of the 1920s helped the economy (Stock Market) also go on the rise the following led to the prosperity:
a.
b.
c.
Problems Plague the Agricultural Sector
What happened with crop production during World War I (WWI)?
Explain how crops, money, and overproduction led to an agricultural depression.
Crops:
Money:
Overproduction:
Easy Credit Hides Problems
How did people purchase goods?
How did this hide the BIG problem?
What economic problems lurked beneath the general prosperity of the 1920s?
Stock Market Crashes
Define: “speculation”
What was Black Tuesday?
Define: “business cycle”
The Great Depression Begins
What was the “Great Depression”?
How were the banks impacted by the Great Depression?
a.
b.
Businesses Close and Unemployment Rises
Impact on business leaders:
Impact on workers:
Go to the beginning of this guide and answer the question at the beginning of the reading guide.
Chapter 21 Section 2
Americans Face Hard Times
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As you read please keep in mind the following question:
How did the Great Depression affect the lives of urban and rural Americans?
Misery and Despair Grip America’s Cities
What were the different ways people’s lives were impacted by the Great Depression?
1.
2.
Descending Into Poverty
How are workers and their families are impacted by the Great Depression?
1.
2.
Poverty Devastates Rural America
Why did farmers suffer before the Great Depression even started?
1.
2.
Farmers Lose Their Farms
What were the causes of the lost of land?
The Great Plains Becomes a Dust Bowl
Why were the droughts so devastating in the Great Plains?
How did farming methods play into this problem of the drought?
The Depression Attacks Family Life
Why did families suffer during this time?
Breadwinners—
Wives and Children—
Minorities Suffer Hardships
Why did the Depression impact cultural groups equally?
African Americans
What does “The last to be hired and the first to be fired,” mean?
Mexican Americans
How were the jobs of the Mexican American population?