Directions: After creating a Microsoft Word document in MLA format, surf the web to aide you in finding answers to questions about The Great Depression. To speed up the research process, you do not need to research these questions in sequential order, but they must ultimately be answered in the sequence below. For best results, use a variety of search engines. MSN, Google, Yahoo, and Alta Vista tend to yield the best results, but also check out other search engines. You must parenthetically cite your web sources or you will not receive credit for that answer.

Keywords: America’s Great Depression, The Great Depression, Black Thursday, New Deal:WPA, Dust Bowl, Dust Bowl Refugees, FDR’s New Deal, Okie’s, John Steinbeck, Stock Market Crash, FDR, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Works Progress Administration, Civilian Conservation Corp

  1. What date is generally considered the beginning of the Great Depression, and what name was that day given?
  1. Who was President of the United States when the Great Depression began and who was elected president in the first national election following the beginning of the Great Depression, how many terms did he serve, and what was the timeframe in which he served?

3.What was the largest percentage that the U.S. Stock Market dropped in 1929, when did the biggest drop in U.S. Stock Market occur in American history, and what percentage did the stock market drop on that day?

4.What was F.D.R.’s New Deal?

5.What wasthe Dust Bowl?

6.What was FDR’s W.P.A. and C.C.C., what did they do, and what significant things did these programs accomplish?

7.What was the highest unemployment rate during the Great Depression and in what year did it occur? What is the unemployment rate in the United States and in California today?

8.Who were the “Okies” or “Dust Bowl Refugees,” where were they from, and to what state did many of them go searching for work?

9.When and where was John Steinbeck born, when did he die, and what are his most famous novels (name at least three)?

10.How far are Salinas, California and Soledad, California from Rancho Cucamonga? (Tip: use to find out). Then, use Google Earth to get an aerial view of Soledad and Salinas.