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Section        Pages                     Terms

1                 508 - 512                 Dow Jones Industrial Average, Black Tuesday,
                                                    business cycle
2                 513 - 519                 Hooverville, Dust Bowl

3                 520 - 523                 penny auction, 21st Amendment

4                 524 - 529                 Hawley - Smoot Tariff, RFC, Bonus Army

Reading Objectives - Upon completion of the reading assignments students will be
                                   able to understand and;
1. Become familiar with the main causes of the Great Depressio.
2. Learn how poverty spread during the great depression.
3. Learn about the different ways Americans pulled together in order to survive
     the Great Depression.
4. Learn what President Roosevelt meant when he offered Americans a
     "New Deal."

Short Answer Questions - 3 to 5 sentences into section 2 of notebook

1. Explain how the Great Crash caused a ripple effect through out the nation's
      economy.

2. Identify some social problems and the effects that they had on people as the
     depression worsened.

3. Farmers were hit particularly hard during the depression. Explain how farmers
     figured out a way to stick together in this time of crisis.

4. Give examples and explain President Hoover's strategy for dealing with the
     depression.

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     Activities by section

      Section 1 - AP Quiz (pre), reading, terms, Objective, S.A., overhead, board notes,
                      T.L. #1, graph question p. 511 and AP Quiz (post)

      Section 2 - AP Quiz (pre), reading, terms, Objjective, S.A., viewing history
                      question page 518, overhead, T.L #2., AP Quiz (post)

      Section 3 - AP Quiz (pre), reading, terms, Objective, S.A., T.L. #3, Hobo symbols
                      question page 520, AP Quiz (post)

      Section 4 - AP Quiz (pre), reading, terms, Objective, S.A., T.L. #4, overhead,                               board notes, board question, AP Quiz (post)

Time Line Activity - Answer the following questions by using the time line on pages
506 - 507.

1. Enacted in 1930, this becomes the highest import tax in American history.
2. The Empire State Building, the world's tallest (at the time), opens in what city?
3. Elected in 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes our nations _______
President (circle one) 30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th
4. What year did Hitler and the NAzis take control of Germany?

Chapter 15 Test TBA