Ahhh . . . the Roaring 20s and Great Depression . . . I remember those days well . . . just kidding, but I remember it is Mini-Test (32-34) Time!

Monday 3/7/11 !?!? . . . 45-50 questions, with bonus, graph bonus, and picture bonus!  Check out the visuals and links below to assist you:

1) Prohibition . . . whose brilliant idea was that?!?!  What regions/types of people supported prohibition?  Who was opposed?  How did people view it initially?  Why didn't it last?

2) What were some of Hoover's actions to end the Great Depression?  How well did they work?  How do these children feel about Hoover's efforts?

3) In the graphs below, in what year(s) did unemployment and bank failures take off?  What evidence do you see that government policies were helping to alleviate the worst problems of the Great Depression?

4) Is this cartoonist pro- or anti-New Deal?  How can you tell?

5) To which New Deal programs are these cartoons referring?  What was the purpose of each program?  How well did each program work in the long run?

6) Here are two questions to think about regarding government assistance to people during tough economic times:

• WWJD about the Great Depression?
• WWJMKD (John Maynard Keynes, of course!) about the Great Depression?  Check out this link to learn a little bit more about the man and his economic ideas. . .

"The engine which drives enterprise is not thrift, but profit." 
"Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone."
"It is better that a man should tyrannized over his bank balance than over his fellow citizens."
John Maynard Keynes

7) If you like unemployment, check out this animated map of unemployment these days . . .