Was the 1929 stock market crash the cause of the Depression? Why or why not?

• Was the 1929 stock market crash the cause of the Depression? Why or why not?
• How did farmers fare during the Depression? What environmental conditions contributed to their plight?
• How did popular entertainment and the arts respond to the needs of Depression-era audiences?
• What popular protests arose in response to the Depression? How successful were these protests?
• How did Hoover’s political beliefs affect his attempt to deal with the economic crisis of the Depression?
• How did the 1919 Treaty of Versailles and the Hawley-Smoot Tariff contribute to the global depression of the 1930s?
• How did the governments of European nations respond to the Depression?
• What effect did the global depression have on economic theory?
• Why was Mr. Tarver doubly affected by the banking crisis of the Great Depression? How did Mr. and Mrs. Tarver compensate for their losses in the job market?
• How might the Great Depression have shaped the Outlook of Mr. and Mrs. Tarver on work, leisure, and consumption for years, if not decades, to come?
• Write a reflection on Pages 580 photo reflection
• What could comic books offer readers suffering through the crisis of the Great Depression?
• How and why have comic book superheroes changed over time?
• View the Photo on Page 564, read the caption and write a response.
• What New Deal programs were aimed at agricultural and industrial recovery, and what was the effect pf the programs in both areas?
• What criticisms did critics on both the right and the left level at the New Deal? How did FRD and his administration respond to these criticisms?
• What gains did organized labor make during the 1930?
• What was the impact of the New Deal on Women?
• Page 588, Political Cartoon Reflections; The NRA (1933). View and write a reflection
• How has the scholarly understanding of the New Deal changed over time/
• Did the New Deal save capitalism/ if so, how and why?
• What exactly was Eleanor Roosevelt calling for in this piece?
• What seem to have been her attitudes toward Americans who harbored racial or religious prejudice?
• How might African American civil rights activists have reacted to the last two paragraphs?
• What were the dangers, to Roosevelt, of reforming race relations too quickly?