Reflect on Your Knowledge

In this section, you will examine your current knowledge about the Great Depression and the New Deal. Discuss the following questions with your colleagues or reflect on them in your journal.

• What were the large-scale effects of the Great Depression on various sectors of American society and regions of the country throughout the 1930s?
• Were the policies of the New Deal effective in ending the Depression nation-wide? Why or why not?
• What else might the federal government have done?
• How has history treated the government's response to the Great Depression?