American History: A Survey 10/e   Alan Brinkley
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Objectives

1. The relationship between the stock market crash and the subsequent Great Depression.

2. The reasons that the Great Depression started and lasted so long.

3. The effects of the Depression on business and industry.

4. The problems of unemployment and the inadequacy of relief.

5. The particular problems of farmers in the Dust Bowl.

6. The impact of the Depression on minorities.

7. The impact of the Depression on working women and the American family.

8. The reflection of the economic crisis in American culture.

9. President Herbert Hoover's policies for fighting the Depression.

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