Webquest Homework

The Great Depression

The Second New Deal

Use this video link and  to answer the following questions.

1. What was the purpose of the WPA? How did it help Americans? Which category did it fall under (relief, recovery or reform)?

2. What was the Wagner Act? How did it effect the lives of American workers?

3. What was the effect of the Wagner Act on unions in America?

4. What was the Fair Labor Standards Act? How did it effect the lives of American workers?

5. Explain the Social Security Act. How did it effect Americans lives? Is it still around today?

6. What did Americans do for fun during the Great Depression?

7. What was the effect of WWII on the Great Depression?

8. Use the reading below. What was the Dust Bowl? Answer the two learning from Geography questions.