2025-26 US History Unit 3 - The Great Depression

This caused the Great Depression

• The stock market crash

• Overseas trade collapsing

• People taking their $ out of banks

• Govt raising taxes

This was a huge drought in the Great Plains; caused many farmers to give up and move to CA

• The Dirt Saucer

• The Soil Plate

• The Dust Bowl

• The Peat Tray

This group was hit hardest by the depression; they never shared in the prosperity of the 20's, now lost their jobs

• Whites

• Immigrants

• Minorities

• Natives

This was the trial of 9 Af-Am boys for allegedly raping 2 white women; an all white jury sentenced them to death; was eventually overturned ad the boys were innocent

• Scottsboro Trial

• Hillsboro Trial

• Waynesboro Trial

• Foxboro Trial

Which group of people did not typically lose their jobs due to the depression?

• Blacks

• Latinos

• Women

• Men

This group felt the effects of the depression the hardest

• Upper Class

• Lower Class

• Middle Class

• Migrants

The Great Depression made Americans ___ in the American Dream

• Believe

• Lose Faith

• Ignore

• Fight For

What are 3 ways the culture of the 1930's was designed to do?

• Make you feel better about yourself

• Take your mind off of how bad things were

• Allow for escapism

• Reflect reality

This type of politics had its high water point in the 1930's, but none were ever a real threat

• Conservative

• Liberal

• Progressive

• Radical

Which 3 were radical political parties during the 1930's?

• Communist Party

• American Nazi Party

• Socialist Party

• Reform Party