Essential Knowledge--The Depression
- Explain the causes of the Great Depression.
- Explain the effect of the Great Depression on the social fabric of the United States.
- Compare and contrast President Hoover’s and President Roosevelt’s attempts to end the Great Depression.
- Discuss how the role of government towards social responsibility changed due to the activism of the New Deal.
- List three reform measures of the New Deal, explain the function of each and evaluate their success.
- Describe the changes the New Deal brought to labor.