1. THE GREAT DEPRESSION SOCIAL STUDIES, 8TH GRADE Rachel Mondrage July 14, 2009

2. Main Menu Content Assessme nt Sources End Show 3. What was the Great Depression? The Great Depression began on "Black Tuesday" with the Wall Street Crash in October 1929 and rapidly spread worldwide. The market crash marked the beginning of a decade of high unemployment, poverty, low profits, deflation, plunging farm incomes, and lost opportunities for economic growth and personal advancement. 4. This is a picture from the Great Depression of men lined up for over a mile who were all desperately looking for work. 5. What caused the Great Depression? The Stock Market crash ofThe Five 1929Main Bank failures Reduction in purchasingCauses ofacross the boardthe Great Breakdown of International Depression: trade Income inequality 6. What Ended the Great Depression?FDRs New Deal planInflating the money supplyDeficit spendingWorld War II 7. Franklin Roosevelt and The New DealIn 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt became the president of the United State. FDR came up with a New Deal policy to help get America out of the Great Depression.Some programs created under the New Deal are still around today: Social Security, National Recovery Administration, and Securities and Exchange Commissions. 8. A Great Depression Timeline http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rails/timeline/ 9. Assessment Question #1 Which is not one of the reasons that the GreatDepression ended? A. World War II B. European bailout C. The New Deal D. Deficit spending 10. Assessment Question #2 In which year did the Great Depression begin?A. 1932B. 1928C. 1923D. 1929 11. Assessment Question # 3 Which was not one of the programs createdunder The New Deal?A. Social SecurityB. National Recovery AdministrationC. Disability ActD. Securities and Exchange Commission 12. Assessment Question # 4 Wall Street crashed in October of 1929, on a dayknown as?A. Black TuesdayB. Crazy FridayC. Horrible TuesdayD. Terrible Thursday 13. Sources http://students.umf.maine.edu/~nielsemj/thegr eatdepression/d1.html http://www.amatecon.com/gd/gdcandc.html