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Reaction: Growth in Government Welfare Spending- page 761- Geography Skills- Reading Pie Charts.

Questions: The Great Depression:

1. What was the Bonus Army? Who were these people, what did they want, and why did they want it?
2. Who won the Presidential election of 1932 and why did he win it?
3. What was the Hundred days and what did they do for the public?
4. How did President Roosevelt try to help the unemployed? Give at least 5 examples and explain what these programs did.
5. How did President Roosevelt try to help the farmers? Give at least 5 examples and explain what these programs did.
6. Give two critics of the New deal and explain what they said was wrong with it.
7. What was the purpose of the Second New deal? What are some programs that were put into place and why?
8. What was the "court packing bill"? Why do you think President Roosevelt tried to pass this bill? Why did it fail?
9. Why were Music and Movies important to those who were suffering during the Great Depression?
10. What is Totalitarianism?
11. Who was Benito Mussolini? Who was Adolf Hitler?
12. What similarities did Italy and Germany have prior to WWII that would lead to these fascist leaders taking over these countries?
13. What was Kristallnacht?
14. Why did the Nazis dislike the Jewish people of Europe? What did they do to them?
15. Why did Japan Invade Manchuria? Why did they feel they needed to do this?

Main Idea Activities 24.2-due Today

The New Deal: Crash Course US History #34

Chapter 25 Identifying People and Ideas & Understanding Main Ideas-page 788-Due Wednesday