The Great Depression

 

Standards

SS.CS.20 - Demonstrate an understanding of the immediate and lasting economic, social and political effects caused by the Great Depression in the United States and throughout the world.
• Assess the prolonged effects of the stock market crash upon the social and economic activities of the U.S. and the world.
• Investigate the expansion of government with New Deal legislation and resulting deficit spending.
• Explain how the world economic crisis enabled the growth of totalitarian governments (e.g., Fascism and Nazism).
• Critique the role of sports, movies, radio and other forms of entertainment in the development of a new culture in America.