The 1930's:

The Stock Market Crash, The Great Depression & Rise of Dictators

Carson Park during construction in 1937 by the WPA, a government
program that put men to work during the Great Depression.
Photo courtesy of the Chippewa Valley Museum.
 
The stock market crash of 1929, economic decline, & one of the worst droughts will set the stage for one of the most difficult decades in our history.  The 1930's were a time of struggle & hardship that will bring social, economic, & political changes to occur in our government & around the world.  The troubles of the Great Depression were so deep that it will take the rise of dictators & a world war to end it.

Unit Length: approx. 9 days


Carson Park is still used today by many area baseball teams of varying
levels of play.

Interactive Notes

• Hoover vs. FDR

Rise of Dictators Chart
Assignments/Resources

• 1930s Terms

• 1930s Study Guide

• 5 Econmonic Factors & Hardships of Depression RG
• Worst of Times Questions
• Effects of Depression Activity WS
• New Deal Databases Hunt
• Letters to Eleanor Summative Assignment
• FDR Analysis