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The Great Depression Hits Utah: Unemployment and Relief
Explain why Utah had one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation during the 1930s due to mining and agriculture collapses.
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Utah in World Conflicts, Depression, and the Cold War
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Analyze how 20th-century national and global crises shaped Utah's economy, civil liberties, military role, and communities.
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Learning standards covered
UT Standard 3.2Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeStudents will use primary sources and/or oral histories to analyze the impact of a national/global event such as World War I, the Spanish flu epidemic, the Great Depression, World War II, and Japanese American internment on an individual or community in Utah. (history)
UT Standard 3.3Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeStudents will describe the effects of events, movements, and innovations on Utah’s economic development, such as the organized labor movement, farming and industrial improvements, the World Wars, and the Great Depression. (economics)