Directions: Go to the provided
links to answer the questions below. Your answers need to be in your own
words. You may either hand-write or type
your responses. If there is a sub-question (a or b), it is separate from the
first part of the question so make sure to answer all parts of the question.
1.
Go
to http://americanhistory.about.com/od/greatdepression/tp/greatdepression.htm
According to this website, what are the top 5 causes of the Great Depression?
2.
In
your opinion, which one had the biggest impact? Explain why.
3.
Go
to http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/herberthoover
- Which president was Hoover and when did he serve (from when to when)?
4.
Which
jobs helped prepare Hoover for the presidency?
5.
Go
to http://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/new-deal/resources/herbert-hoover-great-depression-and-new-deal-1931%E2%80%931933
- which Hoover quote supports his idea
of “rugged individualism?”
6.
https://www.boundless.com/u-s-history/textbooks/boundless-u-s-history-textbook/from-the-new-era-to-the-great-depression-1920-1933-24/the-great-depression-190/hoover-s-efforts-at-recovery-1052-3243/
List 2 examples of how the Depression impacted people under Hoover’s
presidency.
7.
Go
to http://classprojects.cornellcollege.edu/HIS240_2009/Hoover1/Hoover_1/Election_of_32_-2.html
- Explain your thoughts on the two political cartoons. You may click on the
cartoon to enlarge it.
a. “Humpty Dumpty”
b. “Why Change Doctors
Now?”
8.
Go
to http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/h/herbert_hoover.html
- & pick one quote that you think best defines Hoover and/or his
presidency. List the quote.
a. Explain how you
think the quote relates to Hoover or his presidency.
9.
Go
to http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=1932
- How many electoral votes did each candidate receive?
10.
Which
states did Hoover win? Why do you think that was the case?
11.
Go
to http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/franklindroosevelt
- What years did FDR serve?
12.
In
his Inaugural Address, what did he say to try to calm the American people?
a. Do you think he was
successful? Explain.
13.
Which
jobs helped prepare FDR for the presidency?
14.
Why
did bankers & businessmen start to disapprove of the New Deal?
15.
Go to http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/education/resources/bio_fdr.html
– Discuss at least 3 successful things that FDR did upon assuming the
presidency.
16.
http://www.history.com/topics/new-deal
Scroll down to “The Hundred Days.” Why were these “hundred days” a turning
point?
17.
Scroll
down to “The Second New Deal.” Describe why FDR had to implement a “Second New
Deal.”
18.
Scroll
down to “THE END OF THE NEW DEAL?”
Explain at least 2 things that contributed to the end of the New Deal.
19.
Go
to http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/f/franklin_d_roosevelt.html
& pick one quote that you think best defines FDR and/or his
presidency. List the quote.
a. Explain how you
think the quote relates to FDR or his presidency.
