1. Glue your Unit 4 Lesson 1 objectives here!
US History – Unit 4 – The Great Depression Date
Unit 4 Lesson 1 Focus Question - What caused the most severe economic crisis in American
history?
Glue your Unit 4 Lesson 1 objectives here!
(These are to go into Section 4: Glossary Terms of your notebook. Make and label a column, “US History – Unit 4 Key Content Terms.) Black Tuesday, stock market crash, buying on margin, overproduction, underconsumption, Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act
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PREVIEW
Turn to the Introduction of Chapter 30 on pp We will read together the section. Be sure to define Black Tuesday and stock market crash.
ACTIVITY #1
How was the Yee Haw! game like history? Glue the
table onto your side of your notebook. Then read Section 2 and record at least three parallels between the game and history. Use these Key Content Terms in your response: Black Tuesday, stock market crash, buying on margin. The first comparison is completed for you.

2. ACTIVITY #2 ACTIVITY #3 LEFT – THIS IS YOUR SIDE!
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ACTIVITY #2
Overproduction and underconsumption were key
causes of the Great Depression. Glue the table on the left into your notebook, and complete it as you read Section 3 on pp. 386.
ACTIVITY #3
Activity #3
1st Action –
2nd Action –
Section 4 pp. 388
Name and describe two actions the federal government took that made the Great Depression worse. Write these two actions and descriptions on your side.

3. Copy the diagram on the left into your notebook. Write a
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PROCESSING
Section 5 pp. 390
Copy the diagram on the left into your notebook. Write a
definition of speculative bubble. Then list at least four
examples of speculative bubbles from the past and at
least one way a speculative bubble might affect your
life today.