Assignment task: The Great Depression and the New Deal
Q1. Explain Herbert Hoover's response to the Great Depression. Why was he slow to act?
Q2. Why did Charles Mitchell's loan to the stock market encourage people to keep investing, and was it a positive or negative action?
Q3. How did FDR accomplish moving American away from isolationism?
Q4. What did it mean for Americans to "make do" during the Great Depression, and why was it difficult at first?
Q5. Why was there a recession in 1937-1938, and how did FDR deal with it?
Q6. Explain stock speculation and the dangers it presented to the economy.
Q7. How was the Immigration Act of 1924 a means of fulfilling the desire of some Americans to stop the spread of "undesirables", and why did they want them stopped?
Q8. Compare and contrast Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt in the 1932 election.
Q9. What caused the Dust Bowl, and how did it impact the Great Depression?
Q10. How did FDR attempt to stabilize the regulate the stock market?