-Chapter 22 -The Great Depression Begins– (1928-1932) ESSEL

Textbook Study Guide

Section 22-1 The Nation’s Sick Economy

1. Read Section.

2. Identify in your notebook: People to Know

1928 Election Calvin Coolidge

Dow Jones Industrial average (def only) Herbert Hoover

bull & bear market- (def. only) Alfred E. Smith

speculation (def only)

Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act

3. Answer to turn in:

A. What industries struggled throughout the 1920s? Why?

B. While ‘hard sell advertising’ (mentioned in Chapter 20) and ‘buying on credit’ helped the 1920s economy, how do they play out as the decade comes to a close?

C. How did the unequal distribution of wealth also play into the unstable economy?

D. Why was the stock market considered unstable in 1929?

Section 22-2 Hardship and Suffering During the Depression

1. Read Section.

2. Identify in your notebook: People to Know

shantytown (def only)

soup kitchen/ breadline (def only)

Dust Bowl

direct relief (def. only)

stigma (def. only)

3. Answer to turn in:

A. How were minorities affected by the Great Depression?

B. Looking at the map on p. 680, which states were most affected by the Dust Bowl? Why do you think many farmers of the region such as the Okies chose to travel west?

C.  How did the Great Depression affect men, women, children and teenagers differently?

D.  In what ways did the Great Depression affect people’s outlook on life?

Section 22-3 Hoover Struggles with the Depression

1. Read Section.

2. Identify in your notebook: People to Know

rugged individualism (def. only) Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Hooverville

Election of 1932

Bonus Army

3. Answer to turn in:

A. What were Hoover’s philosophies on government? How did they impact his actions as president during the outset of the depression?

B. What were some of the projects proposed by Hoover towards 1932? Explain how effective they were.

C. Is it fair to blame the Depression on Hoover? Why or why not?