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Video History Channel 45 min. The Great Depression (WATCH IN 2 PARTS stop 20 min.) Music: Lyrics analysis historical data song “Brother Can Ya Spare a Dime?The Great Depression Chapter 22 ObjectivesTo understand the causes and consequences of the Great Depression and the futility of Hoover's actions to limit the damage.SECTION 1?The Nation's Sick EconomySummarize the critical problems threatening the American economy in the late 1920s.Describe the causes of the stock market crash and Great Depression.Explain how the Great Depression affected the economy in the United States and throughout the world.SECTION 2?Hardship and Suffering During the DepressionDescribe how people struggled to survive during the Depression.Explain how the Depression affected men, women, and children.9/16 Journal: Is it the government’s responsibility to maintain a healthy economy?SECTION 3?Hoover Struggles with the DepressionExplain Hoover's initial response to the Depression.Summarize the actions Hoover took to help the economy and the hardship suffered by Americans.Describe the Bonus Army and Hoover's actions toward it.9/17 Journal:Identify 3 causes of the Great Depression and consider the effectiveness of President Hoover’s responses. (Consider the Bonus Army, Boulder Dam Project, Federal Home Loan Bank Act, Federal Farm Board, Reconstruction Finance Corporation)Did President Hoover do enough to try to end the Depression? Why /Why not?Video History Channel 45 min. The Great Depression (PART 2- 20 min to 44) lyrics HYPERLINK "" Dust Bowl Refugee-- Woody Guthrie – YouTube ? watchLyricsI'm a dust bowl refugee,Just a dust bowl refugee,From that dust bowl to the peach bowl,Now that peach fuzz is a-killin' me.'Cross the mountains to the sea,Come the wife and kids and me.It's a hot old dusty highwayFor a dust bowl refugee.Hard, it's always been that way,Here today and on our wayDown that mountain, 'cross the desert,Just a dust bowl refugee.We are ramblers, so they say,We are only here today,Then we travel with the seasons,We're the dust bowl refugees.From the south land and the drought land,Come the wife and kids and me,And this old world is a hard worldFor a dust bowl refugee.Yes, we ramble and we roamAnd the highway that's our home,It's a never-ending highwayFor a dust bowl refugee.Yes, we wander and we workIn your crops and in your fruit,Like the whirlwinds on the desertThat's the dust bowl refugees.I'm a dust bowl refugee,I'm a dust bowl refugee,And I wonder will I alwaysBe a dust bowl refugee?Source:? HYPERLINK "" LyricFindSongwriters: Woody Guthrie ................
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