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

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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 of
The Five 1929
Main • Bank failures
• Reduction in purchasing
Causes of across the board
the Great • Breakdown of International
Depression: trade
• Income inequality

6. What Ended the Great
Depression?
FDR’s New
Deal plan
Inflating the
money supply
Deficit
spending
World War II

7. Franklin Roosevelt and The New
Deal
In 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 Great
Depression 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. 1932
B. 1928
C. 1923
D. 1929

11. Assessment Question # 3
Which was not one of the programs created
under The New Deal?
A. Social Security
B. National Recovery Administration
C. Disability Act
D. Securities and Exchange Commission

12. Assessment Question # 4
Wall Street crashed in October of 1929, on a day
known as?
A. Black Tuesday
B. Crazy Friday
C. Horrible Tuesday
D. Terrible Thursday

15. Sources
 http://students.umf.maine.edu/~nielsemj/thegr
eatdepression/d1.html
 http://www.amatecon.com/gd/gdcandc.html