8th Grade's Chapter 23 Objectives

Section 1
1)  List and explain four major causes of the economic crash that marked the beginning of the Great Depression in America.
2)  Explain why runs on banks occurred.
3)  Describe the conditions that farmers and the unemployed faced.
4)  Explain ways that Hoover tried to deal with the Depression and list the results of those measures.

Section 2
1)  Describe the circumstances of FDR's election to the presidency.
2)  Explain ways FDR obtained support for his New Deal programs.
3)  List the major New Deal programs and their purposes.

Section 3
1)  Explain why the New Deal met opposition and the major sources of such opposition.
2)  Describe the conditions of the elections of 1936.
3)  Explain FDR's court-packing plan and its significance.

Section 4
1)  List and explain the major consequences of the New Deal.
2)  Explain how the consequences of the New Deal are still evident in American government and society today.