Name: ___________________________ Date: ______________________

APUS – Chapter 32b and 33a (pp. 760 – 779)

Hoover and the Depression to FDR and the New Deal

1) What does the text say caused the crash of the Stock Market in 1929? (pp. 760-3)

2) Explain how Hoover’s humanitarian interests clashed with his “rugged individualism” when it came to creating an effective policy to defeat the Depression?

3) Explain Hoover’s “compromise” as described on pp. 764 – 6.

4) What did President Hoover actually do to directly provide relief from the Depression?

5) Explain how the RFC or Reconstruction Finance Corporation was going to work.

6) Explain Japan’s reasons for attacking China, and the US’ reaction to that attack.

7) Explain the “Good Neighbor” Policy. Was it, in fact, a good policy? Explain.

8) Who were the “Brains Trust,” and what policies did they advocate?

9) Why did the African-Americans shift so drastically from “the party of Lincoln” to FDR in 1932?

10) On a separate sheet of paper, outline (what did the act say, what was it trying to do?) all of the acts, passed during FDR’s famous first 100 days - listed in the charts on pages 774 and 777. (You will find many of the descriptions on the pages that follow.)

11) Who was Huey Long, and what were his stances on major issues?

12) Who was Father Coughlin, and what were his stances on major issues?

13) Describe the views of Dr. Francis E. Townshend – where was he on Roosevelt and the major issues?

14) Do you think that either of these men were any real political threat to FDR? Why or why not?

15) More acts of the New Deal: Identify and describe the following New Deal Acts: CWA, SEC, FHA, WPA, TVA, Federal Securities Act, Wagner Act, Social Security Act, Hatch Act.