Chapter 15: The New Deal
It is 1933, the height of the Great Depression. Thousands of banks and businesses have failed, and a quarter of the adult population is out of work. Now a new president takes office, promising to bring relief to the ailing economy.
High School Social Studies Content Expectations
Michigan Department of Education
7.1.2 Causes and Consequences of the Great Depression – Explain and evaluate the multiple causes and
consequences of the Great Depression by analyzing
• the political, economic, environmental, and social causes of the Great Depression including fiscal
policy, overproduction, under consumption, and speculation, the 1929 crash, and the Dust Bowl
• the economic and social toll of the Great Depression, including unemployment and environmental
conditions that affected farmers, industrial workers and families
• Hoover’s policies and their impact (e.g., Reconstruction Finance Corporation)
7.1.3 The New Deal – Explain and evaluate Roosevelt’s New Deal Policies including
• expanding the federal government’s responsibilities to protect the environment (e.g., Dust Bowl
and the Tennessee Valley), meet challenges of unemployment, address the needs of workers,
farmers, poor, and elderly
• opposition to the New Deal and the impact of the Supreme Court in striking down and then
accepting New Deal laws
• consequences of New Deal policies (e.g., promoting workers’ rights, development of Social
Security program, and banking and financial regulation conservation practices, crop subsidies)
8.2.3 Comparing Domestic Policies – Focusing on causes, programs, and impacts, compare and contrast
Roosevelt’s New Deal initiatives, Johnson’s Great Society programs, and Reagan’s market-based domestic
policies.
Michigan Department of Education
7.1.2 Causes and Consequences of the Great Depression – Explain and evaluate the multiple causes and
consequences of the Great Depression by analyzing
• the political, economic, environmental, and social causes of the Great Depression including fiscal
policy, overproduction, under consumption, and speculation, the 1929 crash, and the Dust Bowl
• the economic and social toll of the Great Depression, including unemployment and environmental
conditions that affected farmers, industrial workers and families
• Hoover’s policies and their impact (e.g., Reconstruction Finance Corporation)
7.1.3 The New Deal – Explain and evaluate Roosevelt’s New Deal Policies including
• expanding the federal government’s responsibilities to protect the environment (e.g., Dust Bowl
and the Tennessee Valley), meet challenges of unemployment, address the needs of workers,
farmers, poor, and elderly
• opposition to the New Deal and the impact of the Supreme Court in striking down and then
accepting New Deal laws
• consequences of New Deal policies (e.g., promoting workers’ rights, development of Social
Security program, and banking and financial regulation conservation practices, crop subsidies)
8.2.3 Comparing Domestic Policies – Focusing on causes, programs, and impacts, compare and contrast
Roosevelt’s New Deal initiatives, Johnson’s Great Society programs, and Reagan’s market-based domestic
policies.
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Chapter 15: The New Deal
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Rubric for Essay Topic: Explain how The Great Depression effected the United States politically, socially, and economically |