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Hoover's Response to the Great Depression

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Directions: Download the Hoover's Response to the Great Depression worksheet and complete the following:

Task #1: Read pages 422-427 in the American Odyssey book located in our classroom. Complete the chart.

Task #2: Read pages 426-427 and write a one paragraph response (minimum 7 sentences) to the following prompt: Who was the Bonus Army and why did Hoover’s handling of the Bonus Army help to insure his defeat in the 1932 election?

Task #3: Read 5 Myths about the Great Depression. The author of this editorial is, at times, critical of Hoover’s handling of the Great Depression. Your task is to find 5 actions taken by Hoover that worsened the Great Depression (according to the author). List the action taken by Hoover, and how that action may have worsened the Great Depression. 


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