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Name Date: Graded Assignment Meeting Needs Head On Answer the questions. When you are finished, submit this test to your teacher by the due date for full credit. (50 points) 1. After you have completed your research and examined first-hand accounts of people who lived through the Great Depression, write a detailed summary of your findings, highlighting at least three examples. Include information on these topics: The impact that the Great Depression had on the people you studied. For example: What actions did the people take to survive, cope with poverty, pay bills, remain in their homes or on their farms, etc.? The purposes or goals of the New Deal programs you researched. For example: Was the program geared at providing relief,†¦show more content†¦This followed the theme of relief. The government would provide money to ensure unemployed people had basic necessities, in this case a place to stay. This agency stepped in to help close to a million families who had lost their home due to the Great Depression. With banks foreclosing home mortgages at 1,000 a day, this agency would change lives. The Home Owners’ Loan Corporation would buy the mortgages from the banks and then offer families